The Phantom Army of Alamein: How the Camouflage Unit and Operation Bertram Hoodwinked Rommel
This is a wonderful book: charming, fascinating, crammed full of extraordinary nuggets of information, and containing a wide cast of largely unknown heroes and colourful characters, whose camouflaging feats scored a number of successes . Stroud has interviewed survivors and scoured archives, leaving no stone unturned. The book is also beautifully illustrated, with original sketches and documents . The result is a gem of a book and a classic of its kind James Holland, Literary Review In The Phantom Army of Alamein, Rick Stroud has illuminated the shadowy antics of this little-recognised outfit during the battle of El Alamein. In doing so, he has created a fascinating study of how the most unlikely characters can become heroes Independent on Sunday The unit's tale is told with clarity, humour and precision by Rick Stroud in The Phantom Army of Alamein The Times Stroud has a storyteller's eye for human detail matched with a researcher's diligence Independent on Sunday I don't know of a better description of what these Allied tricksters did Roy R. Behrens