'A thrilling stirring story well told' Daily Telegraph 'Gripping... Garrett's chief strength
is her ability to relight the lamps of the past so that they glow anew' The Times
'Extraordinary' Jewish Chronicle THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF THE SECRET JEWISH COMMANDOS WHO
HELPED DEFEAT THE NAZIS DURING WW2 June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across
the entire European continent. In desperation Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an
unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who
escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families their homes - their
whole worlds. And now in the crucial final battles against the Nazis they will stop at
nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat this top secret
unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad. Drawing on extensive
original research including interviews with the last surviving members Leah Garrett follows
this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again with stops at British
internment camps the beaches of Normandy the battlefields of Italy and Holland and the
hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic untold rescues
of the war. For the first time X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock
troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.
