Britain’s secret Jewish commandos

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🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Leah Garrett tells the story of X-troop, a group of Jewish commandos who became one of Britain’s most potent weapons against the Nazis X-troop was a World War Two commando unit with a difference – it was made up of German and Austrian Jews who’d fled to Britain and were desperate to take the fight to the Nazis. Historian Leah Garrett tells the story of how X-troop became one of Britain’s most potent weapons in the drive to liberate western Europe. (Ad) Leah Garrett is the author of X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis (Vintage, 2021). Buy it now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Troop-Secret-Jewish-Commandos-Helped/dp/1784743119/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.9	I'm Ellie Cawthorne.
0:56.9	X-Troop was a World War II commando unit with a difference.
1:01.5	It was made up almost entirely of German and Austrian Jews,
1:05.4	who'd fled to Britain and were desperate to take the fight to the Nazis.
1:09.6	Their story is told by Dr. Leah Garrett in her new book, Ex-Troop, which reveals how they became
1:16.1	one of Britain's most potent weapons in the drive to liberate Western Europe.
1:21.2	Leah spoke to BBC History Magazine editor, Rob Atar.
1:25.2	The men who ended up being a part of X-Troop, how did they come to Britain in the first
1:29.9	place?
1:31.3	So the men who became part of X-Troop, nearly all of them came on Kinder Transport.
1:37.0	And they were the trains set up primarily by the Quakers to rescue Jewish kids from Austria and
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