Commando to Colditz: Mickey Burn's Journey to the Far Side of Tears - The Raid on St Nazaire

Author(s): Peter Stanley

Military/War

Commando to Colditz is an unusual 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, 2 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', 14 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. The result was the creation of a rich and moving archive of letters between these grieving or anxious families, letters that illuminate the lives and deaths of a small but close-knit group of British soldiers and those who loved them.

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Dr Peter Stanley is one of Australia's leading military-social historians, the author of 20 books, including Tarakan: An Australian Tragedy, White Mutiny: British Military Culture in India 1825-75, For Fear of Pain: British Surgery 1790-1850, Quinn's Post, Anzac, Gallipoli, Invading Australia: Japan and the Battle for Australia, 1942, and A Stout Pair of Boots: Exploring Australia's Battlefields.

General Fields

  • : 9781741963847
  • : Murdoch Books Pty Limited
  • : September 2009
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Peter Stanley
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 940.54214
  • : very good
  • : 304
  • : True stories: war / combat / elite forces
  • : 26 illustrations