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Paras: Voices of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
Roger Payne
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Description for Paras: Voices of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
Paperback. A collection of amazingly vivid first-hand accounts by men who served in the British airborne forces from 1940 to 1946, covering the brutal training and such iconic battles as D-Day and Arnhem Num Pages: 368 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124. .
This book is full of untold short stories of men who created a legend, the legend of the British airborne forces during the Second World War. Impressed by the performance of the German paratroopers in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a British Airborne force of no less than 5,000 parachutists. Their task was to land behind enemy lines and take and hold or destroy key objectives while ground troops advanced toward them. The result was the 1st and 6th Airborne divisions, and this is their ... Read more
This book is full of untold short stories of men who created a legend, the legend of the British airborne forces during the Second World War. Impressed by the performance of the German paratroopers in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a British Airborne force of no less than 5,000 parachutists. Their task was to land behind enemy lines and take and hold or destroy key objectives while ground troops advanced toward them. The result was the 1st and 6th Airborne divisions, and this is their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
337g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445655291
SKU
V9781445655291
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-19
About Roger Payne
Roger Payne survived the dreaded Selection for the Parachute Regiment in the early 1960s, serving in 1st Battalion the Parachute Regiment and as an instructor at the Parachute Regiment Depot before accepting a position in the Australian army, where he served for 22 years. He holds the Order of Australia (OAM).
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