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X Troop

  • The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis

THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S MOST SECRETIVE SPECIAL FORCES UNIT

June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich falls across Europe. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan - a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees. This top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Others simply call them a suicide squad.

From British internment camps, to the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp, Leah Garrett follows this band of brothers who will stop at nothing to defeat the Nazis.


'A thrilling, stirring story' Daily Telegraph

'Gripping... Garrett's chief strength is her ability to relight the lamps of the past so that they glow anew' The Times

Reviews

  • 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

About the Author

Leah Garrett

LEAH GARRETT is a professor at Hunter College. Her last book, Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel, won and was shortlisted for several major literary awards. She lives in New York City with her husband, the thriller writer Adrian McKinty, and their two daughters.

Leah Garrett

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