Kill Rommel - Operation Flipper, 1941

In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked with the assassination of General Erwin Rommel, commander of the German forces in North Africa, who was believed to be staying in a villa near the coast. Three men - Lt-Col Geoffrey Keyes, Capt Robin Campbell and Sgt Jack Terry - stormed the villa, but the German general was nowhere to be found. In the confused fighting Keyes was killed and Campbell wounded; only two raiders would escape, one of whom was Terry. The raid made headlines round the free world, and Keyes was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. Yet in truth the raid had been a glorious failure, a mission bedevilled by bad planning and poor intelligence. Even so, crucial lessons were learned, particularly by the Special Air Service - who carried out their first mission on the same night as the raid on Rommel's HQ.

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• Authors: Peter Dennis, Gavin Mortimer, Mortimer Gavin
• Assisted by: Peter Dennis (Illustration), Peter (Illustrator) Dennis (Illustration), Alan Gilliland (Illustration), Alan (B.E.V. illustrator) Gilliland (Illustration), Gilliland Alan (Illustration), Johnny Shumate (Illustration), Johnny (Illustrator) Shumate (Illustration), Shumate Johnny (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9781472801098
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-0109-8
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 250 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Raid; Raid
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, Battles and campaigns, Libya