02975cam a2200409 i 4500 1855839595 TxAuBib 20240711120000.0 170316t20172016||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016039180 9781250119025 hardback 1250119022 hardback eng RDA TxAuBib rda Milton, Giles, author. Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare : the mavericks who plotted Hitler's defeat / Giles Milton. First U.S. edition. New York : Picador, 2017. ©2016. x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Great Britain as The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by John Murray (Publishers)"--Title page verso. "Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine. In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men--along with three others--formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War"- Provided by publisher. 20240711. CDPC522. Gubbins, Colin Sir 1896-1976. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Friends and associates. World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Secret service Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Europe. Guerrilla warfare Europe History 20th century. Espionage, British Europe History 20th century. Sabotage Europe History 20th century. Intelligence officers Great Britain Biography.