soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Bill Shatzer" wrote in message
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> I dimly recall a failed British assassination attempt against Rommell in
> 1941.
>
> Perhaps others with better memories might provide the details.

There was a great story in one of the old 5P Commando comics which detailed
such an attempt using SAS troops. The mission failed because Rommel wasn't
in at the house but they did locate some useful intel documents which helped
them win subsequent battles. OT, but I thought I should mention it. :)