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A collection of studies of

special operations from
​world war two

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Hitler's Hangmen Book Cover
2019
Small Scale Raiding Force
2013
Italy's Outstanding Courage book cover
2018
Ian Flemming and SOEs Operation Postmaster
2012
SOE Mastermind
2016
SAS in Tuscany
2011
Extraordinary Italian Imprisonment
2014
Rossano a Valley in Flames
1949 and 2011
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hitler's hangmen

The secret German plot to kill Churchill....
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In December 1944, the Allies thought that Germany was all but defeated, and at home in Britain, the authorities began to relax. This book tells the terrifying story of a disaster that very nearly occurred. Hitler planned a mass break out by up to 250,000 German and Italian prisoners of war from camps in Britain, timed to coincide with the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. Helped by British Fascists, the plan was to break out from the camps, seize weapons and vehicles, and march on London - with Winston Churchill and his government as their target. Only by good fortune was the plan foiled...
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discover the real James Bond 

The story Ian Flemming was forbidden to tell....
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During his research Brian Lett unearthed who the real James Bond and M were and his books Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation Postmaster  and SOE's Mastermind tell the stories of operations so secret that Ian Flemming was forbidden to write about them. Only now for the first time, is the truth to be told.
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Ian Fleming and SOE Operation postmaster book cover about the real James Bond
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​​"An admirable book, carefully and modestly told."
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About brian lett

Brian Lett is an author of World War Two history and a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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As a historical enthusiast, Brian Lett often gives talks about historical subjects he has researched and written about.
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​THE GORDON LETT FOUNDATION

The Gordon Lett Foundation (Fondazione Gordon Lett) is dedicated to the memory of Commendatore Major Gordon Lett, an escaped prisoner of war and partisan leader. Gordon Lett is the author of 'Rossano - A Valley in Flames' and father of Brian Lett.

​Today Brian Lett is the Chairman of the foundation, who's main focus is to reunite families with medals that were never awarded.
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