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The Desert VCs: Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII
de Brian Best
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- 9781526721068
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Dover, Kent, United Kingdom
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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 until he too was killed, shot through the head. The fighting in North Africa was not just in the harsh extremes of the rolling desert, but also the barren mountains of Tunisia, and the coastal strips of Libya. In every battle, every manoeuvre the terrain was the limiting or enabling feature and it was over that unforgiving ground that twenty-nine men distinguished themselves and were awarded the highest of all gallantry medals, the Victoria Cross.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Título
- The Desert VCs: Extraordinary Valour in the North African Campaign in WWII
- Autor
- Brian Best
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1526721066
- ISBN 13
- 9781526721068
- Editorial
- Frontline Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Barnsley
- Fecha de publicación
- 2018
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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