Desert Raids with the SAS: Memories of Action Capture and Escape

by Gerald Hough and Major Tony Hough

Tony Hough's war memoir recounts ski training, combat in North Africa, capture, daring escape, and post-war service in Germany.

Tony Hough's war started with ski training in the Alps in early 1940 preparing for winter warfare in Finland. Nothing came of that. Later that year, now an officer with 9th Battalion The Rifle Brigade, he sailed for North Africa. In March 1941, his under-gunned Battalion suffered a catastrophic baptism of fire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399007262
• ISBN13: 9781399007269
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 184 Pages