1. SAS Great Escapes
This first collection reconstructs seven escapes involving special-forces soldiers whose missions left them trapped behind enemy lines, wounded, captured or separated from their units. The cases show how small patrols survived without normal supply and communication while enemy forces searched for them across occupied territory. Lewis…
2. SAS Great Escapes Two
The second volume presents six further escape stories from the earliest SAS operations through the advance into Nazi-occupied Europe. Among the central figures is David Stirling, whose capture and repeated attempts to evade permanent imprisonment reveal how the regiment’s founder applied the same appetite for improvisation…
3. SAS Great Escapes Three
The third collection follows five groups of special-forces soldiers and agents cut off during operations in occupied Europe. Raids, parachute missions and support for resistance fighters leave the participants dependent on local knowledge when planned extraction fails or German security forces close around them. Lewis reconstructs…
4. SAS Great Escapes Four
The fourth volume ranges across the desert war, occupied France and Italy, following soldiers whose missions ended with isolation, imprisonment or pursuit. The cases include escapes from enemy-held territory and prisoner-of-war camps as Allied forces fought through very different landscapes and security systems. Lewis concentrates on…
5. SAS Great Escapes Five
The fifth collection begins with early airborne and commando operations, including Operation Colossus, and follows soldiers who survive failed raids, desert pursuit and imprisonment. Later stories move into Italy, where special-forces missions, prisoner rescues and the collapse of enemy control create opportunities that remain extremely dangerous.…