World Conflict II Allied Sabotage Units and Booby Traps (Elite)

Osprey’s elite title coping with varied sabotage gadgets and booby traps that have been utilized by the British and the Individuals throughout World Conflict II (1939-1945). Following Churchill’s directive to set occupied Europe ablaze, the SOE and later its American sister group, the OSS, have been deployed throughout the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in nice peril, these courageous brokers have been armed with all kinds of gadgets to assist them obtain their aims, together with quite a few items of sabotage tools and crafty booby traps.

This guide examines these completely different items of kit and the technicalities concerned in deploying them successfully. It additionally discusses the specialist tools developed by Particular Forces items, together with the SAS Lewes Bomb. Referring to a few of the stranger developments, comparable to explosives disguised as lumps of coal, the writer goes on to explain the German clearance strategies that have been developed to keep away from these risks.

Full with specifically commissioned paintings and interval diagrams, along with detailed descriptions of the harmful missions of Allied brokers, this guide is an enchanting perception into the key warfare behind enemy traces.