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Why I Became an X Troop Commando: A Life of Colin Anson, the German who Fought for Churchill

By Helen Fry
Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
Unabridged — 7 hours, 28 minutes
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By Helen Fry
Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
Unabridged — 7 hours, 28 minutes
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A fascinating and moving biography of Colin Anson, the German refugee who became an elite British commando



Born in Germany in 1922, Colin Anson's (Claus Ascher) childhood was marked by the trials of Nazism. His father was arrested by the Gestapo in 1937 and transported to Dachau, where he died shortly after. Colin, aged just seventeen, escaped to Britain in the Kindertransport. As soon as he was old enough, Colin volunteered in the Pioneer Corps. Then, in 1942, he was recruited for the elite...