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May 1940In his first decision as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill despatches a combined unit of Irish and Welsh Guards on two daring missions just one week apart. The success of the first Harpoon Force mission to the Low Countries is well documented. The second results in the Battle of Boulogne, where fifteen of the group are killed and one hundred and seventy-four captured. The rest of the battalion escapes an advancing panzer division and air attack. Eight men are decorated and twelve mentioned in despatches. The objective of this second mission is never revealed. May 2015John Joseph Thompson dies just days before a memorial service to commemorate the Battle of Boulogne and Jack Daly agrees to accompany his grandson, Tonka Thompson, to the ceremony. The friends are surprised to discover how little they know about the old man or the mission that resulted in his capture exactly seventy-five years before. But a chance encounter with a hapless Irishman begins to reveal the hidden and exceptional past of an outwardly unexceptional manGuardsman Jonjo Thompson, a foot soldier in the early days of war, finds himself behind enemy lines. With no support and few resources, Jonjo is on a mission so secret that even he won't find out what it is until he's the last man standing. This is not just a story of heroism. It is a tribute to the innocent tractability and selfless courage of the ordinary soldier. Unexceptional men, made otherwise by exceptional circumstances. Churchill said: "Never give in; never, never, never." This is the story of what happens when courageous men decide not to give in.
About the Author: Harpoon Force is the seventh novel from indie author, Peter Larner and it sees the return of his vacillate hero, Jack Daly. Peter spent his formative years in London's east end and uses the backdrop of this war-torn city of the 1940s in his latest book. He now lives in Upminster in Essex and has been writing full time since leaving business management in 2013. Peter's father-in-law, John Donoghue, who died twenty years ago, was also born in the east end of London before moving to Upminster in his later years. John served in the Irish Guards and was a member of the Harpoon Force. He was captured at the Battle of Boulogne in May 1940 and spent the remainder of World War Two as a prisoner of war.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781499775563
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 306
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 462 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1499775563
  • Publisher Date: 20 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 152 mm

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