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D-Day Commando: From Normandy to the Maas with 48 Royal Marine Commando

Door Ken Ford

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#331907-VE30
Titel
D-Day Commando: From Normandy to the Maas with 48 Royal Marine Commando
Auteur
Ford, Ken
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Stroud : Sutton Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
0750930233
ISBN13
9780750930239
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
48 Royal Marine Commando began its life in March 1944 and was disbanded in the UK less than two years later in January 1946. In its short but active life it always seemed to be in the thick of the fighting. In fact, a history of 48 RM Commando is a history of the last year of the war in Europe. It participated in the D-Day invasion and landed on Juno Beach on 6 June 1944, fought as infantry in the bloody battles for Normandy, helped clear the Channel ports, undertook a second amphibious landing during the Walcheren campaign, raided across the Maas in Holland and then took part in the army of occupation in Germany. During the whole of this period it was in almost continuous contact with the enemy. It is surprising, then, that the story of 48 RM Commando has not been made available to a wide... (Lees verder)... (Lees verder)
Pagina's
194
Conditie
Goed — Big dedication on first free endpaper.
Prijs
€ 17,50

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