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The WWII Collection

The WWII Collection contains four standalone combat and espionage thrillers set in distinct theatres of the Second World War. The novels range from a desert commando raid and resistance warfare in occupied France to the hunt for stolen D-Day plans and the battle for Monte Cassino.

Each book focuses on a small group assigned a mission whose consequences extend beyond their immediate survival. The collection emphasises improvisation, intelligence work and the pressure placed on soldiers operating behind enemy lines or against fortified positions.

Reading order

Books in this series (4 books)

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#1 – Take or Destroy

Max Hennessy

With the Eighth Army preparing a major offensive in Egypt, Lieutenant-Colonel George Hockold proposes a raid on the enemy-held port of Qaba. The operation is intended to divert Axis forces and destroy fuel supplies required by Rommel’s army. Hockold assembles an unconventional commando group whose orders…

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#2 – Army of Shadows

Max Hennessy

In the winter of 1944, a Lancaster bomber is attacked over occupied France and only Neville and Urquhart survive the crash. The two airmen parachute into territory controlled by German security forces and are taken in by the French Resistance. Their attempt to evade capture develops…

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#3 – The Fox from His Lair

Max Hennessy

During the preparations for D-Day, a covert German agent known as the Fox obtains invasion plans after an unexpected E-boat attack causes heavy casualties. Two officers are ordered to recover the documents and identify the spy before the information can reach Germany. Their pursuit unfolds across…

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#4 – Swordpoint

Max Hennessy

The ruined monastery and mountain of Monte Cassino continue to block the Allied advance towards Rome in 1944. After repeated frontal attacks fail, Brigadier Heathfield proposes an ambitious outflanking operation intended to break the German position. The plan places soldiers in terrain where a single error…