It's not exceptionally well written and doesn't always flow, but the raids these men pulled off were incredibly daring and bonkers. To do their jobs, Stirling, Mayne, and their men needed to be able think and act quickly and didn't work well on the tight rein of usual military operations. Comprised of some of the finest fighting units in the entire British Army, these warriors longed to leave behind their mind-numbing garrison duties for battle. His widely-acclaimed WWII elite forces series includes The Nazi Hunters, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Italian Job/Churchill's Hellraisers and Churchill’s Secret Warriors, which is being developed as a movie series by Paramount Pictures. It bears all his hallmarks – an epic, page-turning special forces narrative based on hitherto unavailable personal testimony and private family archives.

Truly astounding as they were given little help and even blocked and hindered by the top army brass. His military books include the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo, and his man-and-dog at war stories, including the phenomenally successful War Dog/The Dog Who Could Fly and Judy – A Dog In A Million, both of which are being developed as films. The frankly astonishing raids that they entered into are brought tremendously to life and are described in such ways and in such detail that you feel you could be sitting in one of the jeeps in North Africa as they blazed up and down the dunes.A rightfully proud regiment with an unrivalled esprit de corps, they were disavowed as unruly by top brass, unyieldingly vaunted by Churchill, and courageously loyal to the clandestine "butcher and bolt" raids that made their sacrifices-and their triumphs-legendary. But even as the combat-worn ranks of the SAS risked all to deliver the first resounding defeats on Nazi Germany, there were well-founded fears that their fortunes would change.

Anyone who wants to learn more about the origins of the British Special Forces should read this book.In a country crawling with the enemy, their mission is to prevent Hitler from rushing his Panzer divisions to the D-Day beaches and driving the Allies back into the sea. Damien’s previous books on the SAS are all excellent books, but I think that he has surpassed himself this time around and this book is the best one yet!

She was a close companion to men who became like a family to her, sharing in both the tragedies and joys they faced. SAS Brothers in Armsis a fascinating character study of the men who founded the SAS and the desert war they fought during WW II. The origins of the SAS and its founding members will forever be remembered and revered through his books and telling. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter.His work has been published in over forty languages, and many of his books have been made, or are being developed, as feature films, TV series, or as plays for the stage. Lewis follows the development of the SAS from a parachute unit to its adoption of vehicles to take them to their targets. He has written more than twenty books, including The Ministry for Ungentlemanly Warfare, Agent Josephine, Churchill’s Band of Brothers, SAS Ghost Patrol, and The Nazi Hunters. Damien Lewis is the author of numerous books, which include his SAS series comprised of Bravo Three Zero: The SAS Patrol That Got Away, Great Escapes: Seven Incredible Escapes by Second World War Heroes, Band of Brothers: The Last Stand of the SAS and Their Hunt for the Nazi Killers, Shadow Raiders: The Ultra-Secret Mission That Changed the Course of WWII, Ghost Patrol: The Ultra-Secret Unit That Posed as Nazi Stormtroopers, Italian Job: The Secret Mission to Storm a Forbidden Nazi Fortress, and his latest SAS Brothers in Arms, a book based on letters, diary entries, mission reports, and interviews with surviving WWII SAS veterans and their families.