Special Forces Commander: The Life and Wars of Peter Wand-Tetley OBE MC Commando, SAS, SOE and Paratrooper - Hardcover

Michael Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848846738 ISBN 13: 9781848846739

Publisher: Pen & Sword Military, 2011

Synopsis

Special Forces Commander is the remarkable story of Peter Wand-Tetley's wartime service in the Army Commandos, the Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SOE and Parachute Regiment.Having initially joined the Wiltshire Regiment, Wand-Tetley immediately volunteered for special service. As a result he was catapulted into a maelstrom of operational service that saw him, first, in action on Commando raids along the North African coastline, and then in fierce fighting on Crete following the German airborne invasion. Raiding operations with the Long Range Desert Group in the Western Desert followed and, as Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika retreated to Tunisia, he was again in action, this time with the SAS.Following transfer to the SOE, he was parachuted 'blind' into enemy-held Greece to equip and train andarte guerrillas and was awarded an immediate Military Cross. Following victory in Europe, Wand-Tetley sailed for the Far East with the Parachute Regiment, and was engaged in counterinsurgency operations in Java at the end of the war.This superbly researched book, written by a serving soldier, is a tribute not only to an exceptional fighting man but to the specialand unconventional units he was part of. As a bonus, his post-war colonial service provides an insight into the break-up of the Empire.

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Review:

"...a great tribute to a fascinating individual, a larger than life character whose reputation as a leader will never be forgotten."--WWII History

About the Author:

Michael Scott is a writer, photographer, consultant, cruise ship lecturer and occasional radio broadcaster on a wide range of natural history subjects. He has a degree in botany, and a particular interest in Scottish, arctic and alpine wild flowers. He also shares an interest in Scottish sea life with his marine biologist wife, Sue Scott. He is a former Deputy Chairman of Scottish Natural Heritage, the government conservation agency in Scotland and a former Chairman of Scottish Environment Link. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Plantlife International, the wild plant conservation charity. He was awarded an OBE in 2005 for services to biodiversity conservation in Scotland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848846738
• ISBN 13: 9781848846739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240