Seize and Ravage
By Richard Townsend Bickers
Libya, 1940.
The Italian army, outnumbering the British and Commonwealth army in Egypt by three to one, cautiously cross the frontier.
January, 1941. General Wavell’s forces counter-attack.
Churchill, however, orders a halt, awaiting the completion of one mission.
A military raid. Operation Wolf.
A special commando troop was formed, sixty strong, called the X Troop.
It includes Corporal Owen, an expert with explosives, Sergeant Quested, a burly ex-artillery man, and Private Jorrocks, a former member of the yeomanry.
Their target: A fort a few miles from Tripoli.
The aim of Operation Wolf is to seize the objective and to ravage it.
To wipe out any defensive obstructions.
To lay waste to the opposition.
And to annihilate every defender.
They must prepare the enemy for immediate surrender.
But the opposition proves tougher than they had ever expected….
