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The Long Fuse (The WW2 Commando Missions) Kindle Edition

by Alan White (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Once a traitor, always a traitor?

David Hinton is a traitor, both to Britain and Nazi Germany. A British Nazi sympathiser at the start of the war, he answered Fatherland’s call, heading to Fortress Europe and broadcasting Nazi propaganda back over the Channel via radio. But then, growing disillusioned with Hitler, he defected again, returning to London.

Now the Allies want him to make one more broadcast, this time for them, from Strasbourg Radio Station.

Captain Colson and his commandos are charged with smuggling the broadcaster back into Occupied France, and getting him behind the microphone. But tensions in Colson’s team are running high: the Gestapo is on the lookout for them, and one of the men is a murderer. The long fuse of Colson's dislike for Hinton is fast approaching the flashpoint...

A thrilling commando raid novel from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

Praise for The Long Fuse

'Plenty of action... Alan White writes the good, quick-moving war story with skill' Daily Telegraph

'If you like the war-time ambience, this is the meat for you' Scotsman

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    The WW2 Commando Missions
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    March 1, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CPQ45SVK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canelo Action (March 1, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 1, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1005 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 163 pages
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Old Rockin' Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Another first-rate war story from the inimitable Alan White
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016
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I have now read nearly all of Alan White's novels of WWII special operations. While I have never been in any military, they strike me as having a strong air of authenticity, most likely because White had been on numerous such operations himself. The stories are thrillers, with enough tension and action for most readers, and without the bombast so many of the genre have.These aren't the missions "that will change the course of the war", like in the movies. They are instead, maybe useful in the big picture, or sometimes even of limited or questionable value, and the men sent to do them are not always noble or heroic. He also wastes little space on backstory. He tells just enough to give understanding and let the reader follow along to arrive at the conclusions his narrator does.
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C. Schaub
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent WWII Special Forces Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2007
There are lots of books about special forces going into Germany or France during World War II to pull off some vital operation: blow up a dam, kidnap a German general, rescue an Allied officer whom knows the D-Day plan, etc. In "The Long Fuse" the goal of the British force's operation is a propaganda coup.

The plot is above average, and the unexpected snags that arise build up suspense nicely. The two key characters, team leader Captain Colson and the propaganda man David Hinton, are refreshing complex for this genre. The rest of the cast - British brass, oddball special forces troops, heroic French resistance fighters, dumkopf Germans, sexy Nazi temptress - are stock characters.

The element of the novel that for me lifts it above the standard adventure story is the theme of class distinction that runs throughout the book. It's the Oxbridge gents versus the commoners conflict that permeates so much British writing, and Alan White integrates it very well into "The Long Fuse".
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