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S'està carregant… The Volunteers (1985 original; edició 1986)de Douglas Reeman (Autor)
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______________________________ Other sailors volunteered to fight. They volunteered to die. They were the men and women of the Royal Navy's legendary Special Operations units, spoken of in hushed tones by even the most battle-hardened seamen. Carrying out lightning raids on hostile coasts, they became a navy within a navy - each hand-picked for their individual skills, and all of them courageous beyond words in the face of immense danger. Against the mighty backdrop of World War II they performed their small but deadly operations - living often beyond hope, sometimes beyond mercy. This is the dramatic story of a handful of such remarkable people: the Volunteers. ______________________________ Douglas Reeman is the author of dozens of bestselling novels about the vicious, heroic world of naval warfare. He served with the Royal Navy on convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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This book centres around four missions featuring the same three men, who decided to volunteer for a special marine service group that used MTB and MGB boats on missions or raids upon enemy occupied territory at various locations around Europe and reads almost like four interlinked short stories. One is a Canadian from the Atlantic convoys (Frazer), one is an English bomb disposal man (Allenby), and the last an East End policeman (Ives).
In many respects this is typical Reeman. Our heroes are war damaged men struggling with their own demons, there is the obligatory love interests in the shape of two Wrens and there are some great action scenes as the fast patrol boats confront the enemy in particular. This is undemanding reading that will thrill Reeman's fans but do little to change the views of his detractors. ( )