Damien Lewis 3 Books Collection Set (The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Nazi Hunters)

This three-book collection by Damien Lewis brings together accounts of covert operations and special forces activity during the Second World War. Across the set, the focus is on missions shaped by secrecy, deniable action and direct involvement from wartime leader Winston Churchill, from the aftermath of defeat on mainland Europe to operations carried out deep behind enemy lines.

Included are narratives of volunteers recruited for high-risk work, an audacious 1942 mission involving the SAS wearing Nazi uniforms, and a later, highly secret chapter in which the SAS is described as continuing in hidden form after the war. The books also cover a 1944 raid in occupied France that ended with the capture, torture and execution of 31 soldiers, and the subsequent pursuit of SS commanders held responsible.

Included titles

• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
• SAS Ghost Patrol
• SAS Nazi Hunters

Key details

• Three-book collection set
• Author: Damien Lewis
• Includes three titles focused on Second World War operations
• References missions described as deniable and top secret

Synopses

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Set in the bleak period after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, this book describes Winston Churchill’s determination for Britain to strike back. It follows his recruitment of eccentric, free-thinking volunteers to act as the first “deniable” secret operatives behind enemy lines, offered only the prospect of glory and near-certain death.

SAS Ghost Patrol

This book presents the true story of a day in 1942 when the SAS wore Nazi uniforms to carry out a mission described as among the war’s most audacious. The operation is portrayed as beyond top secret and deniable in the extreme, undertaken with Churchill’s enthusiastic blessing.

SAS Nazi Hunters

Described as a previously untold chapter in the SAS’s history, this account revisits the claim that the unit was dissolved at the end of the Second World War and not reactivated until the 1950s. It covers a disastrous 1944 commando raid into occupied France, ending in the capture, torture and execution of 31 soldiers, and states that the SAS continued in secret under Churchill’s command to hunt SS commanders responsible, including those who escaped the failed justice of the Nuremberg trials. It also describes the discovery of the full horror of Hitler’s regime and a growing threat from Stalin’s Russia.