Allied World War II Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps

By:

Gordon L. Rottman

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Elite

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Following Churchill's directive to 'set occupied Europe ablaze', the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great peril, these brave agents were armed with a wide variety of devices to help them achieve their objectives, including numerous pieces of sabotage equipment and cunning booby traps. This book examines these different pieces of equipment and the technicalities involved in deploying them effectively, as well as discussing the specialist equipment developed by Special Forces units, including the SAS Lewes Bomb. Touching on some of the stranger developments, such as explosives disguised as lumps of coal, the author goes on to describe the German clearance techniques that were developed to avoid these dangers. Complete with specially commissioned artwork and period diagrams together with detailed descriptions of the dangerous missions of Allied agents, this book is a fascinating insight into the secret war behind enemy lines.

Author Biography:

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas. The author lives in Cypress, TX.

Release date NZ

November 20th, 2010

Author

Gordon L. Rottman

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Illustrated by Peter Dennis

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

Illustrations (some col.)

Imprint

Osprey Publishing

Pages

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Series

Elite

Dimensions

184x248x8

ISBN-13

9781849081757

Product ID

8222566

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