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Special Forces Commander: The Life and Wars of Peter Wand-Tetley OBE MC Commando, SAS, SOE and Paratrooper

Door Michael Scott

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#322493-XB5
Titel
Special Forces Commander: The Life and Wars of Peter Wand-Tetley OBE MC Commando, SAS, SOE and Paratrooper
Auteur
Scott, Michael
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley : Pen & Sword
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1848846738
ISBN13
9781848846739
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting

Special Forces Commander is the remarkable story of Peter Wand-Tetley's wartime service in the Army Commandos, the Long Range Desert Group, SAS, SOE and Parachute Regiment. Having initially joined the Wiltshire Regiment, Wand-Tetley immediately volunteered for special service. As a result he was catapulted into a maelstrom of operational service that saw him, first, in action on Commando raids along the North African coastline, and then in fierce fighting on Crete following the German airborne invasion. Raiding operations with the Long Range Desert Group in the Western Desert followed and, as Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika retreated to Tunisia, he was again in action, this time with the SAS. Following transfer to the SOE, he was parachuted 'blind' into enemy-held Greece to equip and train a... (Lees verder)ndarte guerrillas and was awarded an immediate Military Cross. Following victory in Europe, Wand-Tetley sailed for the Far East with the Parachute Regiment, and was engaged in counterinsurgency operations in Java at the end of the war. This superbly researched book, written by a serving soldier, is a tribute not only to an exceptional fighting man but to the specialand unconventional units he was part of. As a bonus, his post-war colonial service provides an insight into the break-up of the Empire.
Pagina's
223
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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