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Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines

Door James Owen

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#332244-VE33
Titel
Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines
Auteur
Owen, James
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Little, Brown
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1408703025
ISBN13
9781408703021
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The first authoritative book on the most formidable fighting forces of WWIIJune 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory. Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts,Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's m... (Lees verder)ost formidable fighting force.
Pagina's
413
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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