Commando to Colditz. Commando to Colditz. Journey to the Far Side of Tears – The Raid on St Nazaire.. Peter Stanley
by Stanley, Principal Historian Peter

Publisher:Pier 9, 2009
Edition:Softcover
Language:English

About the book:
“Commando to Colditz is an unusual, perhaps unique, war story. It is centred around a most unusual war hero: Michael ‘Micky’ Burn, soldier, poet and novelist, whose journey from fascist follower, to commander of Six Troop, to Commando, to prisoner (and communist lecturer) in the notorious prison of Colditz forms the focal point of this powerful narrative. In 1942 Micky led his commando troop of 28 men on one of the most daring raids of the Second World War, the assault on the French port of St Nazaire. As a result of this ‘night of fire and death’, fourteen of Micky’s men were killed; seven, including Burn, were captured. Micky’s bond with his soldiers is at the story’s heart. Before the raid, he had asked his parents to write to his men’s families if the worst should happen