X Troop reveals the remarkable and underrecognized story of a top-secret brigade of German and Austrian Jewish refugees recruited by British intelligence to conduct commando operations inside occupied Europe. Over 368 pages, Leah Garrett draws from declassified documents, interviews with surviving operatives, and secret war records to follow their paths from refugee camps to sabotage missions behind enemy lines. Their intelligence skills, linguistic advantage, and personal motivation made them uniquely suited to clandestine operations — and their story is one of courage, vengeance, and reconciliation.
This compelling narrative includes:
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Accounts of training, infiltration, sabotage, and resistance
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Profiles of operatives, their motivations, losses, and legacies
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Insight into British intelligence strategy, anti-Nazi efforts, and Jewish resistance
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Appeal to audiences of WWII special operations, espionage, Jewish history
Pages: 368
Published: May 2022
