Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goas Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible ...
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Filmed as The Sea Wolves, this is the story of the undercover exploit of a territorial unit. The Germans had a secret transmitter on one of their ships in the neutral harbour of Goa. Its purpose was to guide the U-boats against Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean. There seemed no way for the British to infringe Goas Portuguese neutrality by force. But the transmitter had to be silenced. SOE was tasked with dealing with the problem, but how? Then it was remembered that 1,400 miles away in Calcutta was a source of possible help. A group of civilian bankers, merchants and solicitors were the remains of an old territorial unit called The Calcutta Light Horse. With a foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
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Fair in fair dust jacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear. It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.
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Good. in Not Issued jacket. LARGE PRINT: Ex-library hardcover (usual stamps, stickers) in clean, sound condition with minimal wear to sturdy cloth cover (no dust jacket, as issued for this edition); interior very good-pages crisp, appear unmarked; 375 pgs.; published by Ulverscroft, 1980; The true story of a World War II incident involving The Calcutta Light Horse's covert attack against a German merchantship which had been transmitting Allied positions to U-boats from the Mormugao Harbour in Portugal's neutral territory of Goa; the film "The Sea Wolves" starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven is based on this story (see picture of my book within this description)
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Good in Good jacket. Book vii-xv, 203pp; foreword by The Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma; shelfwear, white spine. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.