{"product_id":"fighting-with-popskis-private-army-9781848326163","title":"Fighting with Popskis Private Army","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Popskis famous fighting unit  in the words of his second-in-command.  Captain Bob Yunnie  MC  aka Park Yunnie  became the first recruit to the special unit founded in Cairo by Major Vladimir Peniakoff (Popski). As the Eighth Army advances towards Tripoli  PPA sets out in jeeps across the desert to mount raids behind the Mareth Line. Yunnie relives the ensuing action at Gafsa and Kasserine  and vividly depicts the sorties which took the men straight across the German Line of Command.  As Tunis falls to the Allies on 7 May 1943  PPA train for raids on the Italian mainland. They are dropped by RAF gliders in central Italy  where they set about blowing up strategic targets while waiting for the Allied landings. Yunnie is given his own patrol  and in the narrative that follows  colorful characters flit in and out of the front-line action in the mountains of Southern Italy.  Yunnies account is an honest  extremely personal  expos of the thrills and occasional pitfalls of life with Popski and his men.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67929956548661,"sku":"ByrdShop_1848326165","price":99.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781848326163.jpg?v=1794202037","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/fighting-with-popskis-private-army-9781848326163","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}