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Churchill's Desert Rats: From Normandy to Berlin with the 7th Armoured Division

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#374162-XA46
Titel	Churchill's Desert Rats: From Normandy to Berlin with the 7th Armoured Division
Auteur	Delaforce, Patrick
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Gloucestershire : Sutton
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0750931981
ISBN13	9780750931984
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	No division has contributed more to the downfall of the Axis Powers and to the total defeat of Germany. The Desert Rats saw service in the Middle East when Italy declared war on us in 1940. They fought with great distinction all through the long campaign which culminated in the victory of Alamein. They took a leading part in the pursuit of Rommel's defeated forces and in the final breakthrough to Tunis. The division was the first British Armoured Division to land in Europe when it took part in the assault landing at Salerno. It served through the Italian campaign till brought back to England early in 1944 to prepare the great assault on Western Europe. So wrote the GOC of the Desert Rats, Major General L. O. Lyne, in Berlin during the Allied victory parades. The Desert Rats, the 7th Armour... (Lees verder)ed Division, wore its famous insignia of the jerboa, the long-tailed rodent, with pride. The 7th, the most famous British formation of World War II, was Winston Churchill's favourite.
Pagina's	214
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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