The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and His Desert Command

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In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel’s tanks were sweeping towards Suez, a handful of daring raiders were making history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, often driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night, destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains, and killing many times their own number.

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