Fighting with Popski's Private Army

This WWII memoir gives the inside story of Britain''s legendary demolition squadron and their daring escapades in Italy and Norther Africa.During the Second World War, a Russian-born emigre named Vladimir Peniakoff emerged as a decorated officer of the British Special Forces in Cairo. Code-named Popski, he started the No. 1 Demolition Squadron—known as Popski''s Private Army—charged with thwarting...