The Chatham rats
By: by David Mariner
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Dales Large Print Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9781842626214
Subjects: Naval Military operations; Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Naval operations; Military campaigns; Fiction
Description: They betrayed the British Mediterranean Fleet, fought an action with British destroyers, defied the Luftwaffe, the Italian High Command, the Prussian Gestapo, even a wehrmacht paratroop regiment, and all to buy two years of time. They were called the Chatham Rats. They wore Italian uniforms, carried cyanide capsules, fought secretly with a fast Italian destroyer they had captured, and they had one aim - to find and exterminate the men who designed the first guided missile in history.
Notes: Originally published: London: Robert Hale, 1969.