Extraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege SOE by Robin Knight (2019, Hardcover) online kaufen

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PublisherFonthill Media

ISBN-101781557322

ISBN-139781781557327

eBay Product ID (ePID)25038385690

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Book TitleExtraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege Soe

Number of Pages174 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Military / General, World / European, Europe / Great Britain / General, Military

Publication Year2019

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorRobin Knight

FormatHardcover

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Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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SynopsisThis first-ever biography of of Lt. Cdr. Mike Cumberlege DSO & Bar, Greek Medal of Honour, murdered in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Feb/March 1945, recalls a man who was 'truly Elizabethan in character--a combination of gaiety and solidity and sensitiveness and poetry with daring and adventurousness--and great courage.'Cumberlege came from a maverick sea-going family. He was highly resourceful and lived by his wits, skippering ocean-going yachts for wealthy Americans before the war. In 1936 he married Nancy; their relationship was close and, with the sea, forms a thread in the book. From 1940 Cumberlege and served in undercover roles in the Royal Navy in Marseilles and Cape Verde and was on the staff of General de Gaulle in London. Posted to Egypt in 1941 in the SOE, he formed a para-naval force of fishing vessels, took part in fighting in Greece, attacked the Corinth Canal, escaped from Crete, was wounded and returned three times to Crete clandestinely.On a second operation to destroy the Corinth Canal in 1943 he was captured. Tortured in Mauthausen concentration camp, he was transferred to Sachsenhausen and spent 21 months in solitary confinement. The book contains unique material gathered from the family and from well-wishers in places as far apart as Ukraine, Australia and the USA., This first-ever biography of of Lt. Cdr. Mike Cumberlege DSO & Bar, Greek Medal of Honour, murdered in Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Feb/March 1945, recalls a man who was 'truly Elizabethan in character--a combination of gaiety and solidity and sensitiveness and poetry with daring and adventurousness--and great courage.