The Destroyers Books in Order

German commander Eugen von Schwartau prepares an attack on Russian oilfields. The Allies send Mark Crooke's Dirty Devils to stop the man known as the Caucasian Fox, giving their commandos an assassination mission deep in dangerous territory.

After prisoners are massacred during an escape attempt, British intelligence suspects a larger threat to Allied captives. Lieutenant Crooke's Destroyers parachute into Germany and enter a prison camp to find the Gestapo officer responsible.

In Egypt in 1942, an army chief disappears with a German agent, threatening the Allied desert campaign. Lieutenant Crooke recruits a team from Cairo's military prison and pursues the fugitives across a vast, hostile landscape.

The Destroyers must assassinate the German commander poised to strike Russian oilfields. Lieutenant Crooke's mission becomes more dangerous when signs of an intelligence betrayal suggest the enemy may already know his commandos are coming.

The Destroyers enter the Ardennes to contact a German scientist, only to find him dead as an offensive begins. Lieutenant Crooke's squad must then hunt an SS agent sent behind Allied lines to assassinate Eisenhower.

As the European war draws to a close, Nazi Werewolf resistance threatens further bloodshed. Lieutenant Crooke's Destroyers must penetrate the mountain stronghold of the Hawk, a ruthless commander determined to continue defending the collapsing Reich.

Charles Whiting examines Operation Northwind, Germany’s offensive against American positions in Alsace-Lorraine. The account connects fighting in snowbound terrain with the dispute over Strasbourg, showing how military decisions strained the alliance between France and the United States.

A plan to destroy the Italian fleet places enormous demands on a small force of outdated torpedo bombers. This wartime novel follows an aerial operation whose crews must overcome poor odds to prevent a naval disaster.

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.

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.