The Brenner Assignment: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Spy Mission of World War II
By (Author) Patrick O'Donnell
Hachette Books
Da Capo Press Inc
25th August 2009
25th August 2009
United States
General
Non Fiction
940.542151
Paperback
320
Width 139mm, Height 213mm, Spine 19mm
376g
Like a scene from Where Eagles Dare, a small team of American spies parachutes into Italy behind enemy lines. Their orders: link up with local partisans and sabotage the well-guarded Brenner Passthe Nazis crucial supply route through the Alpsthereby bringing the German war effort in Italy to a grinding halt.
Patrick K. O'Donnell is the award-winning author of five books, including the highly acclaimed account of the Battle of Fallujah, We Were One. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.