Special Forces Hero- Anders Lassen VC MC

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Special Forces Hero
Special Forces Hero
  • Title: Special Forces Hero
  • Authors: Thomas Harder
  • Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
  • Published Date: 2021-04-30
  • Description: Until the German occupation of his native Denmark in April 1940 Anders Lassen had no interest in the War. Yet over the next five years he became a highly decorated Special Forces legend and the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross. After taking part in a mutiny on board a Danish ship, he made his way to Scotland. He first joined the Special Operations Executive before serving with the Small Scale Raiding Force, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. He took part in the daring Operation Postmaster, off West Africa, and raided the Channel Islands and the Normandy coast. He saw most action in Eastern Mediterranean, fighting in Crete, the Dodecanese, Yugoslavia, mainland Greece and finally Italy. In April 1945, now a major aged 24, he was killed at Lake Comacchio, where his gallantry earned him his posthumous VC. This superb biography is not just a worthy tribute to an outstanding soldier, but a superb account of the numerous special force operations Anders was involved in.
  • Identifier: 9781526787545 | 1526787547
  • Page Count: 384
  • theme_hook_original: google_books_biblio
Persons mentioned: 
LASSEN, Major, Anders Frederick Emil V. Schau, VC
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