The Forgotten Vcs: The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During Ww2 Tapa dura - 2017

Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2018. Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theatre during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war. Such actions include that of Major Frank Blaker, whose battalion of the Gurkha Rifles was held up by Japanese machine-guns on 9 July 1944. After climbing for five hours up a 2,100-foot hill, Blaker crawled on his hands and knees through dense jungle alone until he was close enough to stand up and charge the strong enemy position. Though mortally wounded, he urged his men to follow and the hilltop was taken. During the famous Chindit operations, Lieutenant George Cairns was with the South Staffordshire Regiment as it attacked a Japanese position on top of Pagoda Hill. The Chindits reached the summit and, charging into the Japanese, a vicious hand-to-hand battle ensued. In the fighting a Japanese… Leer más

Frontline Books, 4/5/2018 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. New. 0.8661 in x 9.4094 in x 6.4567 in.

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Frontline Books, 2018. Hardcover. New. 196 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

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