Rogue Male

This is the untold story of one of the most lethal and successful soldiers of the Second World War – a highly decorated hero as well as a self-confessed rogue. In the tank war in the desert of North Africa, Major Geoffrey Gordon-Creed of 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars quickly showed himself a soldier of superb athleticism, unwavering will to win and almost superhuman instincts when it came to survival and outwitting the enemy.

Almost incredibly he won the Military Cross on his very first day in action. He fought alongside the SAS in its early days and was with them while they were forging the ruthless fighting techniques that have made them feared throughout the world. He played a decisive role in the Greek resistance to German occupation, and was praised by Churchill when he held up two German divisions more or less single-handedly.

While in Greece he also became involved in some of the dirtiest hand to hand fighting of the war. To the men with whom he fought shoulder to shoulder he was ‘Saint Geoff’, to his enemies he was the devil incarnate, a man who would stop at absolutely nothing, and to his critics among the partisans he a was a womanizer, more interested in enjoying himself than killing the enemy.

This is an honest account of winning the war not by fair play but by being more ruthless than your enemy. But maybe what is even more extraordinary than his soldiering – its predatory ruthlessness and amorality – is the frank account of sexual adventuring that went with it. This is how the dogs of war behave when they are let off the leash.

Quantity:

US Dollar $25.08 Euro €18.94 £16.99

We ship worldwide  


Related Products

Just a few items from our online shop that may be of some interest to you.

Second  Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Libya - Egypt 1941-1942

Second Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Libya - Egypt 1941-1942

by Major Stuart Pitman. Hardback, 96 pages. Black and white maps and photographs. Published by St Catharine Street Press, 1950.
US Dollar $22.14 Euro €16.72 £15.00

We ship worldwide  

 

The Forgotten Regiment - The Story of the 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Libya 1941-1942

The Forgotten Regiment - The Story of the 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, Libya 1941-1942

By Brian Burton. Paperpack, 351 pages. Illustrated throughout with b & w photographs and 6 colour maps. Published by Brian Burton, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9806068-0-5
US Dollar $29.53 Euro €22.30 £20.00

We ship worldwide