The Desert Vcs: Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII Tapa dura -

United Kingdom: Frontline Books. 199 pages. Very clean hardback with a dust jacket. The Desert VCs: Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII . Very Good. Hardcover. 2018.

Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2018. It was not just the searing heat of the day, hot enough to boil an egg on the bonnet of a lorry, or the sand that nestled in every crevice of the body, or the shivering cold of the starlit nights, that the British and Commonwealth troops had to battle in the North African desert it was also the tough and determined Axis forces under their brilliant leader, Erwin Rommel. The actions which resulted in the awarding of twenty-nine VCs in the Desert War included stretcher bearer Private Anderson walking alone into the gunfire of the enemy to rescue wounded comrades, not once but time and time again until he too was shot, and killed. Lieutenant George Gunn, who, at Sidi Rezegh, found his troop of the Royal Horse Artillery facing the onslaught of sixty German tanks. One by one the guns were put out of action, the crews killed or wounded. Eventually, only one gun was left, manned by the twenty-nine-year-old lieutenant and his sergeant. Regardless of the odds, Gunn fought on… Leer más

Frontline Books, 2018. Hardcover. New. 199 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

Frontline Books, 2018. new. New. Frontline Books 2018 edition hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

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