Charles Whiting Books in Order

Charles Whiting examines the American defeat at Kasserine Pass following the North African landings. The account considers inexperienced commanders and poorly prepared troops, explaining how expectations of a quick advantage collapsed when they encountered Rommel's forces.

American forces capture the bridge at Remagen, upsetting Allied plans and provoking German desperation. Commander Hummel and his human torpedo unit become unlikely tools in an effort to reverse a crossing that threatens the defense of Germany.

Lieutenant Crooke's naval commandos must infiltrate Mussolini's mountain refuge and plant evidence implicating Admiral Canaris as a traitor. A German rescue operation led by Skorzeny places another commando force between the Destroyers and their secret objective.

Colonel Lyn leads commandos on Operation Malay Tiger, a secret mission involving the experimental Sleeping Beauty craft. Their use of the small surface and submarine vessel brings unfamiliar technology into a dangerous wartime operation around Singapore.

Charles Whiting investigates Eddie Slovik's desertion case and execution, examining the soldier's choices and Eisenhower's approval of the sentence. The account also addresses the secrecy surrounding the case and the effort to establish what happened.

Lieutenant-Commander John Lamb takes charge of HMS Rose, an aging destroyer regarded as unlucky. With a crew of misfits and troublemakers, he must cross dangerous seas to oppose Germany's invasion of Norway and prove the ship can still serve.

Charles Whiting follows the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the final phase of World War II. The account examines its operations, violence against others, and mounting losses as the unit fights across Europe toward Germany's defeat.

John Lamb and HMS Rose join a mission to transport commandos for the attack on St Nazaire. As the operation deteriorates, an enemy submarine captain seeking revenge turns the old destroyer into a particularly vulnerable target.

Charles Whiting examines the deteriorating relationship between Montgomery and Eisenhower during the final stages of World War II. Military campaigns and political tensions reveal how disputes between two commanders reflected competing British and American interests in victory and peace.

As World War II nears its end, Churchill orders Ian Fleming to organize a rescue of women from the Special Operations Executive. Trapped behind enemy lines, they face a retreating German army as the Baltic mission unfolds.

An American convoy sails toward Murmansk carrying supplies for the Soviet Union in 1942. A troubled British officer and his inexperienced minesweeper crew must help protect it, while failure could strain the alliance between Churchill and Roosevelt.

In 1942, Roosevelt decides to invade French North Africa, expecting an opportunity to strengthen the Allied war effort. This novel follows a campaign complicated by unexpected local resistance, challenging the assumptions behind the planned American landings.

When British intelligence learns of plans for a joint German and Spanish attack on Gibraltar, Catalan fighter Pierre Cusi receives a dangerous assignment. He must reunite his volunteers to assassinate Franco before the Mediterranean falls under Axis control.

Young midshipmen de Vere Smith and Dickie Bird uncover German naval plans before World War I. After their warning is neglected, another scheme threatens Britain's fleet, forcing the officers into a struggle to prevent disaster at Jutland.

Four British sailors receive orders to enter Petrograd Harbour in 1919, deliver an agent, and attack a Soviet battleship. Their route crosses dangerous Finland before reaching icy seas and minefields guarding a heavily defended enemy port.

World War II has ended, but General Patton remains determined to confront the Russians. He orders T-Force to disregard the ceasefire, sending its commandos into a mission that challenges the boundary between wartime duty and a dangerous new conflict.

Charles Whiting investigates a German prisoner-of-war escape plan in Britain during World War II. The account examines covert preparations for a mass breakout whose ambitions extended beyond freedom to a possible attack on London with outside support.

Separated from his division during his first encounter with enemy fire in Germany’s Hurtgen Forest, Pruski seeks refuge and declares he will not fight. The frightened American recruit finds himself imprisoned in the 28th Division’s stockade.

A disillusioned professional revolutionary joins a struggle to keep an important factory out of East German control. His involvement with the workers and his memories of the Spanish Civil War test his damaged faith in people and politics.

Charles Whiting examines German special forces operating behind enemy lines during World War II. Drawing on interviews with surviving participants, he traces the Brandenburgers and SS commandos through sabotage, kidnappings and rescue operations across several continents.

Disgraced Lieutenant Hansen commands the battered tug Island Rose on a dangerous D-Day assignment. At Sword Beach, he must protect the first landing barges from German defenses while facing the consequences of an earlier naval disaster.

SBS Team Alpha is sent to seize a defecting KGB official from a Russian cruise ship at Marseilles. He knows about Soviet moles in British intelligence, but betrayal exposes the commandos to attacks before they reach him.

Charles Whiting examines assassination plots and covert operations carried out by both Allied and Axis agents during the Second World War. Missions against Hitler, Churchill, and Eisenhower reveal a clandestine struggle whose outcomes could have changed the wider conflict.