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German Schoolboy, British Commando: Churchill's Secret Soldier

Door Helen Fry

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#332220-VE31
Titel
German Schoolboy, British Commando: Churchill's Secret Soldier
Auteur
Fry, Helen
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
The History Press
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
0752449966
ISBN13
9780752449968
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Colin Anson was born Claus Ascher in Berlin and raised a Protestant. He was forced to flee Nazi Germany because his father, Curt Ascher, was one of Hitler's few serious political opponents during the 1930s. Curt stood up for his beliefs, was arrested by the Gestapo, imprisoned at Dachau and murdered there in 1937. In 1939, with his own life in danger, Colin found refuge in Britain, where he went on to join the British Army. Selected for Commando service, he trained with 3 Troop, the only German-speaking unit in the British armed forces. He was attached to the Royal Marines and took part in the invasion of Italy and Sicily in 1943, surviving a near-fatal head wound, before participating in raids into Yugoslavia and Albania, and then in the liberation of Corfu. At the end of the war, he was ... (Lees verder)to find out who had betrayed his father, and the book includes an account of how he reacted to this discovery. Not only is "German Schoolboy, British Commando" a thrilling account of his valiant service in the second World War, its description of Colin's childhood as the son of one of Hitler's most outspoken opponents provides a unique insight into the political maelstrom of 1930s Germany. It is an extraordinary portrait of a son's bravery and determination, continuing his father's legacy as he fought to defeat the Nazis.
Pagina's
186
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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