Forget for a moment Tarantino’s joyful, extravagant, supremely confident direction; if you liked the story of Inglourious Basterds, you owe it to yourself to read Patrick K. O’Donnell’s They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies behind the Lines in Nazi Germany.
After training to become spy commandos, Jewish refugees go on a suicidal mission behind enemy lines, recruiting former German soldiers. What more do you need.