Summary of Damien Lewis's Churchill's Secret Warriors

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#1 The two men were disguised as goatherds, and they were sent to check out the airbase. They didn’t take into account the inate stubbornness of the animals, especially when they were hungry. The guard grew suspicious when the two men didn’t understand him.

#2 Lassen and his men were dropped off at the start of the operation by a British warship, and they took out some Schnellbombers, German planes used for anti-submarine and anti-ship patrols.

#3 The codewords were made up from the first few letters of the men’s name and rank. There were five raiders on the Kastelli mission: Georgios included. They planned to cut the perimeter wire, and then blow up the airbase.

#4 The plan was to attack the airbase and blow it up, but if any of them were spotted, they would blow it all up and get moving. They all knew the emergency rendezvous point: meat.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669397458

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Insights on Damien Lewis's Churchills Secret Warriors

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The two men were disguised as goatherds, and they were sent to check out the airbase. They didn’t take into account the inate stubbornness of the animals, especially when they were hungry. The guard grew suspicious when the two men didn’t understand him.

#2

Lassen and his men were dropped off at the start of the operation by a British warship, and they took out some Schnellbombers, German planes used for anti-submarine and anti-ship patrols.

#3

The codewords were made up from the first few letters of the men’s name and rank. There were five raiders on the Kastelli mission: Georgios included. They planned to cut the perimeter wire, and then blow up the airbase.

#4

The plan was to attack the airbase and blow it up, but if any of them were spotted, they would blow it all up and get moving. They all knew the emergency rendezvous point: meat.

#5

The four raiders reached the airbase at around five hundred yards out. They split up, with Lassen leading Jones towards the airstrip, dropping to a cat-crawl as they emerged from the cover of the vines.

#6

The raiders cut a hole in the fence, and then went to ground to wait for the sentry to pass by. Lassen stealthily made his way behind the sentry, and killed him with a chokehold and a knife thrust to the neck.

#7

Lassen and Jones were able to sneak inside the base, and after a long and difficult cut through the fence, they were able to get close to the planes. Lassen went right, to plant the charges on the second row of Stukas, while Jones went left to plant the charges on the first row.

#8

Lassen sprinted across the tarmac, his felt-soled boots passing silently over the unyielding surface. He climbed up the steel ladder set against the aircraft’s flank, and from there slid onto the wing. He inched ahead on his belly, the rucksack held before him.

#9

Lassen was a