X Troop

By Leah Garrett,

Book cover of X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S MOST SECRETIVE SPECIAL FORCES UNIT

June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich falls across Europe. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan - a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees. This top secret unit becomes knownā€¦

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1 author picked X Troop as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

While I direct Penn Stateā€™s Holocaust Education Initiative and produce and write documentaries, books, and articles that involve the Holocaust, I am not an expert on this topic. I am a student of it. Studying the Holocaust for 30 years, I gaze in awe at the frontiers that remain to be explored. X Troop offers one of the latest examples. Prior to reading it, Iā€™d never heard of the German and Austrian Jews who became British commandos during World War II. One of the lessons I picked up: We should follow these menā€™s examples of turning weaknessesā€”in their case, comingā€¦

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