Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

Narrated by: Giles Milton

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine

In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: Its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage.

The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now his talents were put to more devious use: He built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: He was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men - along with three others - formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort handpicked by Winston Churchill whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.

©2016 Giles Milton (P)2016 Macmillan Audio

Great Book about Interesting history

This book is fun, interesting and well narrated. The antics of the OSS are well documented and fun to read about.

Loved it. Loved it. LOVED IT.

Can’t wait to see the movie. These Tommy’s are a bunch of mad men. I was born in the wrong time. Was amazed that upon finishing, that it was read by the author. Excellent. If you’re like me and feel as if you’ve covered WWII from the Sudetenland to the Missouri 10x over and scour for anything yet to be told, this was a gold mine. Good on you, Brits! FWIW…one tiny sliver of this trove of madness..Always loved the hedgehog…now I know the origin story.

The WW2 History You Haven't Heard Before

What a fascinating story about the brave men and women who helped bring the Third Reich down. Their stories are not told near as often as they should be.

Excellent story!!

Great story well told. I Would like to have known more about the other missions and operations. I realize they had to edit.

Great story and presentation

The details of the people, departments, and events were fantastic. I did not know many of these details. Well worth the time investment.