Until the German occupation of his native Denmark in April 1940 Anders Lassen had no interest in the War. Yet over the next five years he became a highly decorated Special Forces legend and the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the Victoria Cross.

After taking part in a mutiny on board a Danish ship, he made his way to Scotland. He first joined the Special Operations Executive before serving with the Small Scale Raiding Force, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. He took part in the daring Operation Postmaster, off West Africa, and raided the Channel Islands and the Normandy coast. He saw most action in Eastern Mediterranean, fighting in Crete, the Dodecanese, Yugoslavia, mainland Greece and finally Italy.

In April 1945, now a major aged 24, he was killed at Lake Comacchio, where his gallantry earned him his posthumous VC.

This superb biography is not just a worthy tribute to an outstanding soldier, but a superb account of the numerous special force operations Anders was involved in.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Introduction – 9 April 1940
• Chapter 1 Childhood and Family
• Chapter 2 M/S Fionia, January–May 1939
• Chapter 3 Bækkeskov, May–June 1939
• Chapter 4 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 1 – MI(R)
• Chapter 5 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 1939–40
• Chapter 6 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 2 – The Snowballers, November 1939–March 1940
• Chapter 7 ‘Good luck – aim between the eyes’ – February–March 1940
• Chapter 8 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 1 January–9 April 1940
• Chapter 9 M/T Eleonora Mærsk, 9 April 1940–October 1940
• Chapter 10 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 3 – Independent Companies and Operation Knife
• Chapter 11 M/T Eleonora Mærsk in British Service, 4 May 1940–October 1940
• Chapter 12 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 4 – Commandos
• Chapter 13 M/T British Consul, October–December 1940
• Chapter 14 Britain, December 1940–January 1941
• Chapter 15 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 5 – SOE – “Set Europe Ablaze”
• Chapter 16 In the SOE
• Chapter 17 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 6 – The SOE Schools
• Chapter 18 ‘Good with an out-and-out independent nature’
• Chapter 19 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 7 – Commandos
• Chapter 20 Special Training School 21, Arisaig House
• Chapter 21 Gumley Hall
• Chapter 22 The Art of Guerrilla Warfare 8 – Maid Honor
• Chapter 23 Operation Postmaster
• Chapter 24 Small Scale Raiding Force
• Chapter 25 SAS/SBS – Jellicoe
• Chapter 26 The SSRF – The End
• Chapter 27 Special Boat Squadron
• Chapter 28 Operation Albumen, Crete, 23 June–11 July
• Chapter 29 The Battle for the Aegean Sea – 1
• Chapter 30 The Battle for the Aegean Sea – 2
• Chapter 31 Raiders in the Aegean, 1944
• Chapter 32 Fatigue and Addiction
• Chapter 33 The Adriatic, July–August 1944
• Chapter 34 Back to Greece, September–October 1944
• Chapter 35 Thessaloniki, October–November 1944
• Chapter 36 Senforce, Crete, December 1944–February 1945
• Chapter 37 Italy
• Chapter 38 Legacy
• Anders Lassen’s Service in the British Army
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography and Sources