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Bill Adlam's hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramaticcommando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads likefiction. But it all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge intoNazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medalfor gallantry under fire' by King George VI. Later, Bill volunteered forcommandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 Commando took him to a surgical strike in thenorth of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations.It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service hadmasterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe in August 1942 tospike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill'scommanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and(allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill's prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top secretlocation in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained ot

From Dunkirk to DDay

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Bill Adlam's hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramaticcommando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads likefiction. But it all... Read more

    Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/01/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399035668, 978-1399035668
    ISBN10: 1399035665

    Non Fiction , Military History , Non Fiction

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    Bill Adlam's hair-raising escape from Dunkirk, his dramaticcommando raids and his storming the D-Day beaches reads likefiction. But it all happened. Bill escaped the Dunkirk disaster via a bayonet charge intoNazi machine guns. He was presented with the Military Medalfor gallantry under fire' by King George VI. Later, Bill volunteered forcommandos: he thrived on adrenaline. Number 4 Commando took him to a surgical strike in thenorth of Norway. The stated objective: to destroy oil installations.It was a feint. Ian Fleming of the Secret Intelligence Service hadmasterminded the raid. Its objective: to help break the Enigma Code. Number 4 Commando then sent him on a raid to Dieppe in August 1942 tospike naval guns to enable a landing by Canadian forces. Bill'scommanding officer was Lord Lovat: cousin to Ian Fleming and(allegedly) template for the fictional James Bond. Bill's prowess as a commando saw him headhunted to a top secretlocation in the wilds of Scotland. Here he trained ot

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