Operation Il Duce: A deadly mission to a mountain fortress... - Paperback

by Charles Whiting (Author)

A heart-pounding World War Two thriller! Perfect for fans of David Beaty, Alan Evens and Max Hennessy.

Lieutenant Crooke leads the Destroyers on a top-secret mission...

Italy, 1943

The Destroyers, an elite British naval commando squad, are ordered on a deadly operation to Italy.

Their mission: to convince the Germans that Admiral Canaris, their top intelligence man, is a traitor.

To do this Lieutenant Crooke, VC and his men must penetrate a mountain fortress and plant a number of papers that will incriminate Admiral Canaris in the baggage of Il Duce, Benito Mussolini.

However, Mussolini has been overthrown by his own people and the Germans have ordered a rescue mission led by the scarred commando Captain Skorzeny.

To reach Il Duce the Destroyers must carve a bloody path through Skorzeny's ruthless SS commandos...

But have they met their match this time?

OPERATION IL DUCE is the fourth book in The Destroyers Series: action-packed Word War Two thrillers following a crack commando squad under the leadership of ruthless, one-eyed Lieutenant Crooke, VC.

THE DESTROYERS SERIES:
BOOK 1: Operation Afrika
BOOK 2: Operation Stalag
BOOK 3: Operation Caucasian Fox
BOOK 4: Operation Il Duce
BOOK 5: Operation Kill Ike
BOOK 6: Operation Werewolf