The guns of Navarone; and, Force 10 from Navarone : the original novels that inspired the classic movies

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Now issued for the first time as an e-book. Twelve hundred British soldiers isolated on the small island of Kheros off the Turkish coast, waiting to die. Twelve hundred lives in jeopardy, lives that could be saved if only the guns could be silenced. The guns of Navarone, vigilant, savage and catastrophically accurate. Navarone itself, grim bastion of narrow straits manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians, an apparently impregnable iron fortress. To Captain Keith Mallory, skllled saboteur, trained mountaineer, fell the task of leading the small party detailed to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone and to blow up the guns. The Guns of Navarone is the story of that mission, the tale of a calculated risk taken in the time of war... 1983 Gramercy hardcover, 2nd printing. Alistair Maclean (HMS Ulysses). THE GUNS OF NAVARONE Mallory, Miller and Andrea are united into a lethally effective team. Their to silence the impregnable guns set in the tall cliffs of Navarone. On their success or failure rests one of the most critical offensives of the Second World War. FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE Almost before the last echoes of the famous guns have died away, the three Navarone heroes are parachuted into war-torn Yugoslavia to rescue a division of partisans and fulfil a secret mission, so deadly that it must be hidden even from their own allies.- Amazon Twelve hundred British soldiers are isolated and waiting to die on the small island of Kheros, off the Turkish coast. all these lives could be saved if only the vigilant, savage and catstrophically accurate guns of Navarone could be silenced. Navarone itself is a grim iron fortress, manned by a mixed garrison of Germans and Italians. To Captain Keith Mallory,skilled saboteur and trained mountaineer, falls the task of leadig the small party to scale the vast, impossible precipice of Navarone to blow up the guns On the eastern Mediterranean island of Kheros, twelve hundred British men are garrisoned. In order to evacute these men before the inevitable German attach the "guns" have to be silenced. After landing by boat where the Germans least expect them, at the foot of the towering cliffs, beneath the impregnaable walls of rock, the five men must climb the cliffs Saw the movie as a kid . World war 2 story based in the island in the Aegean sea.The Allies send a team of men who destroy two radar controlled guns. Starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quin.