Para! 50 Years Of The Parachute Regiment

Peter Harclerode

ISBN 10: 0752803956 / ISBN 13: 9780752803951

Editore: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1996

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Riassunto:

An authoritative and definitive history of the first fifty years of The Parachute Regiment fron an author who has served with both the Paras and the SAS. This book tells the story of the beginnings of the Regiment as a response to the German blitzkreig in 1940. Impressed by the daring of the fallschirmjagerWinston Churchill sought to create a similar force to supplement the actions of the British Army and Airforce. The first and most famous of the early raids-on Bruneval in 1942-is detailed alongside the ill-fated assault in Holland in September 1944 that established The Parachute Regiment as an elite force. the postwar period they have gone on to prove their worth in Suez, Malaya, the Falkland Islands and Northern Ireland.

Informazioni sull?autore: Peter Harclerode was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1967, serving in the UK, Middle East and Far East. He has also served in the SAS and the Parachute Regiment.

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Titolo: Para! 50 Years Of The Parachute Regiment
Casa editrice: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Softcover
Condizione: Bon