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X Troop

The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis

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June 1942. The Third Reich is victorious everywhere. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the war. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad.

Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.

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I cannot believe there is no film made of these amazing men and feats of bravery.

Fantastic book.

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coming from a family with ties to the ww2 I often look for books about this period.
this book is amazing, the pain and suffering the germans inflicted on Jewish people is awful and is always going to be a stain on the human existence.
this is such a interesting story and one that any person who is interested in this time should listen too

an amazing story

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Really interesting story that is well told and is set at a good pace. you can really appreciate the effort the author has gone to for the narrative and getting an accurate history and portrayal.

narrator is superb. great pronunciation, good accents and kept the very hard topic, interesting and thoughtful.

Very good story, well narrated

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One of the best books I’ve ever read, all the more incredible because it is a true story. Incredibly well researched, it reads like a well plotted fast paced action novel. Highly recommend.

Fantastic book

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Leah Garrett should be wholly proud of this book, which lifts the lid on one of WWll's secrets. How these men found it within themselves to go to war for a country that had been both kind and harsh to them shows their innate goodness and bravery. What they did has gone unremarked upon for too long. Ms Garrett presents us with a book containing detailed research as well as the human side, and cost, of war. I did something with this book that I have never, ever done before. The minute I finished it, I started it all over again. One listen wasn't enough. I'm just about to head in to my 3rd listen as every time an amazing feat or remarkable achievement blows my mind. A wonderful book exquisitely written and narrated.

My book of the year

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