{"product_id":"2940170299928","title":"Night Fighters in France: SAS Operation","description":"\u003cp\u003eUltimate soldier. Ultimate mission. But can the SAS distract the Nazis to allow airborne landings to go ahead?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e September 1944: in the wake of the successful `Anvil¿ landings, the Allies plan airborne landings in the Orléans Gap. To `soften¿ the enemy beforehand, they decide to drop a squadron of men and jeeps in Central France, to hit enemy positions to distract attention from the landings taking place elsewhere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Operation Kipling begins when 46 jeeps and 107 well-armed SAS men from C Squadron are parachuted in with orders to establish a base and contact the Maquis Frenchmen living in makeshift forest camps, conducting sabotage missions behind enemy lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as they are setting up camp, the airborne landings are cancelled and the SAS ordered to conduct `aggressive¿ patrolling. Over the coming weeks, C Squadron must carry out a succession of high risk night raids against the Germans, racing into occupied towns in jeeps, firing on the move, and racing out again: to continually harass the enemy and inflict heavy casualties. Or die trying.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123271024880,"sku":"2940170299928","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170299928_p0.jpg?v=1763707423","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170299928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}