Kill Rommel!: Operation Flipper 1941

by Gavin Mortimer

British Commandos attempted to assassinate Rommel, the Desert Fox, in a daring special forces raid in North Africa during World War II.

On the night of 13 November 1941 two British submarines surfaced off the Libyan coast 250 miles behind German lines. It was dark and stormy, and the 28 commandos on board Torbay had great difficulty climbing into their rubber dinghies and paddling towards the shore. Disaster struck the second submarine,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472801091
• ISBN13: 9781472801098
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.5"