{"product_id":"9781848322455","title":"Tobruk Commando: The Raid to Destroy Rommel's Base","description":"\"Gentlemen, we are going to capture Tobruk and destroy it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Operation Agreement' started as a fairly simple plan to destroy Rommel's bomb-proof oil-storage tanks at Tobruk on the eve of Alamein. But, catching the imagination of GHQ, the plan snowballed alarmingly. As well as a commando unit led by the plan's originator, Colonel Haselden, it came to include the RAF, the Royal Navy, the Marines and two of the largest destroyers in the Mediterranean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a daring attempt to rob Rommel at one stroke of the three essentials to success in North Africa - oil, a supply port and shipping. But the calculated risks began to out balance the chances of success when it seemed that every dockyard worker in Alexandria and every cocktail-party-goer in Cairo knew about the raid before the officers and men set out. The operation went on, and became a tragedy of slaughtered men and sunken ships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTobruk Commando is a classic adventure story of the Second World War. The fast-moving action centres on the small commando of men which set out secretly through the deserts towards Tobruk. After a long journey across the desert sand, they arrived disguised as a group of POWs and their German captors. Expertly written, this is a wonderful tale of heroic bluff and a venture to test the courage and nerves of the toughest men.","brand":"Frontline Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140368875760,"sku":"9781848322455","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848322455_p0.jpg?v=1763751576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848322455","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}