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Author Archives: Gavin Mortimer

Gavin Mortimer is the author of books on wartime special forces including David Stirling: The Phoney Major: The Life, Times and Truth about the Founder of the SAS (Constable, 2022). His next book will appear in 2023.

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An SAS Rescue Mission Mission Gone Wrong

by Gavin Mortimer4/2/20242/12/2024

When covert operatives went into Italy to retrieve prisoners of war, little went according to plan.

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During WWII Gliders Seemed Like a Good Idea

by Gavin Mortimer2/29/20242/28/2024
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Did These Vichy Paramilitary Troops Suffer Reprisals After the War?

by Gavin Mortimer2/16/20242/12/2024
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Using Tiny Submarines, These Men Sneaked Onto the Normandy Beaches Before the 1944 Invasion

by Gavin Mortimer10/24/202310/24/2023
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Glamorized by Hollywood, Merrill’s Marauders Faced a Brutal Reality in Burma

by Gavin Mortimer8/21/20238/21/2023
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How A Rivalry Propelled This Irish Special Forces Trooper to the Top

by Gavin Mortimer3/17/20233/16/2023
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What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?

by Gavin Mortimer3/14/202311/22/2023
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The Glamorous American Socialite Who Saved Thousands From the Nazis

by Gavin Mortimer12/20/20221/7/2023
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Charles Norman Shay’s Job in Normandy Was to Save Lives

by Gavin Mortimer2/28/20223/13/2023
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The French Village of Saint-Marcel Bears the Scars of One Dark Day

by Gavin Mortimer12/17/202112/17/2021

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