From Churchill's SAS to Hitler's Waffen-SS

From Churchill's SAS to Hitler's Waffen-SS

by Michael Scott
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 09/07/2024

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"Thoroughly researched and well written, this book astounds the reader as to how its subject managed to get away with all the things he did. The author tells a good story about a bad man and his wartime escapades." —WWII History Magazine


Captain Douglas Berneville-Claye was serving with the fledgling SAS with fellow officers such as David Stirling and Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne when he was captured in the Western Desert. He was ‘turned’ and became a member of the Nazi Waffen-SS. Collaboration with the enemy was confirmed when dressed as an SS captain he approached remnants of the British Free Corps; the Waffen-SS unit composed of renegade British nationals. He exhorted them to serve under his command against Russian forces. Post-war Berneville-Claye was investigated by MI5 for treachery. Following an Army court-martial he was dishonorably dismissed and sentenced to six months imprisonment. Upon release, his escapades and private life were no less contentious. A philanderer and bigamist, he married four times, sired ten children and rubbed shoulders with the criminal underworld in and out of prison. Eventually he succeeded in emigrating to Australia. Thanks to the author’s painstaking research, this is a compelling yet shocking biography of one of the most intriguing, colorful and disreputable characters of his era. How he escaped with his life is a question readers will ponder.

ISBN:
9781399068659
9781399068659
Category:
Second World War
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
09-07-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pen & Sword Books
Michael Scott

Michael Scott has been a motoring journalist for 40 years, and has specialised in motorcycle grand prix racing, attending almost every GP, since 1984.

As well as contributing to magazines worldwide, including Japan, the USA, Australia, India and much of Europe, Scott has edited SuperBike Magazine and Road Racer.

He is the author of several books including, for Carlton, MotoGP: The Illustrated History (which has global sales of 70,000) and the critically acclaimed Wayne Rainey - His Own Story.

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