X Troop

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June 1942. The Third Reich is victorious everywhere. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad.

Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.

© Leah Garrett 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

  • X Troop is brilliantly researched, utterly gripping history

    Alex Kershaw, author of The First Wave

  • Gripping… Garrett’s chief strength is her ability to relight the lamps of the past so that they glow anew

    The Times

  • This is Inglourious Basterds but much better. Because it is the real story of clandestine Jewish fighters wreaking havoc against the Nazi war machine

    Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed

  • This dramatic, previously untold story of extraordinary covert valour and victory takes readers all across the European front… A rousing and redefining portrait of an, until now, overlooked group of dedicated warriors

    Booklist

  • A compelling read… Garrett’s evocation of the tension and drama of the many clandestine operations in Europe undertaken by X-Troopers is gripping

    Sydney Morning Herald

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