X Troop: The Secret Unit of Jewish Commandos in WWII
X troop was composed of Jewish refugees from concentration camps before they escaped to the UK, so they had their personal reasons to fight.
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Opinion: On Memorial Day, remember this secret troop of Jewish commandos from World War II
2021 marks the 80th anniversary of America's entry into World War II. As we observes a Memorial Day in transition -- a de-escalating pandemic alongside rising anti-Semitism, political division and racism -- an untold story of X Troop, Jewish refugees-turned-commandos and their lifelong efforts to make a better world offers crucial insight about our many crises and our capacity for greatness, says Leah Garrett.
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How X-Troop helped to defeat the Third Reich – The Forward
Lieutenant George Lane is in big trouble. His waterlogged Sten gun has jammed, and bullets from German rifles and MP40s are flying all around him. He is hiding in the surf next to beach obstacles made of thin iron girders. The Nazis are shooting blindly into the darkness while Lane and Captain Roy Wooldridge, an expert in mines, desperately seek cover. It’s May 17, 1944, Ault, northern France, two hours after midnight, three weeks before D-Day. Something has spooked the Germans, and Lane does...
Source: forward.com