Up for Grabs

Name: Up for Grabs
Rating: 4.32 (1165 reviews)

by Max Hennessy Book 2 in the WWII Italian Collection series.

First published 1985

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A fighting team with a very special difference... In times gone by, the looting didn't start until the foe was vanquished! But in North Africa nobody bothered to hang around for the enemy to retreat. With half of Egypt waiting open-armed for anything going, people stole whatever wasn't screwed down and flogged it on the Cairo black market. The British The Italians and Rommel's Afrika Corps: they all used each other's captured weapons, stores, vehicles even their uniforms. This is the enthralling story of an unlikely group of fighting men the Desert Ratbags a concert party stranded behind enemy lines. Their very special skills, from pilfering to stage performing, help them not only to survive, but also to see a little action for themselves. An enthralling, suspenseful tale of WWII,

The Desert Ratbags operate within the material confusion of the North African campaign, where captured vehicles, uniforms and supplies circulated among opposing armies and civilian markets. The comic premise is balanced by the danger of survival behind enemy lines.