Forged in Hell: The Gripping True Story of the Special Forces Heroes Who Broke the Nazi Stranglehold

Combining riveting combat writing with masterful research, award-winning historian Damien Lewis delivers the remarkable true story of Britain's infamous, elite Special Air Service (SAS) forces, their legendary commander, and the impossibly daring, historic mission to liberate Europe.

>Led by the SAS commander Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, these war-bitten, piratical raiders were tasked with the impossible--to be the first among the fleet--the very tip of the spear--to bludgeon their way through the most heavily defended enemy shoreline, enabling the ensuing forces to follow on. If they succeeded, it would mark the turning point in the war. If they failed, the consequences were unthinkable. Against all odds, outnumbered some fifty-to-one, and facing a ferocious series of cliffside defenses, they would have to dare all as never before. So begins the true story of the SAS's incredible mission, an endeavor replete with surprise, shock, action, heroism, and glory, not to mention treachery, dismay--and the longstanding personal aftershocks of brutal and bloody years spent at war.