We Died With Our Boots Clean: The Youngest Royal Marine Commando in WW II - Brossura

Mcalpine, Kenneth

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ISBN 10: 0752451898 ISBN 13: 9780752451893

Casa editrice: History Pr Ltd, 2009

Riassunto

At the age of seventeen, Kenneth McAlpine ran away from school to join the Royal Marine Commandos. As the youngest member of the youngest commando force, after three months he found himself fighting on the beaches of Normandy. In We Died With Our Boots Clean, McAlpine tells his own unique story of World War II. From an unusual encounter with Montgomery and Patton, a concerted attempt to kill a sergeant major and his best friend’s arrest for swearing at the Queen of Holland, McAlpine paints a fascinating picture of commando life. Full of absorbing anecdotes such as his time in a military prison and a rescue operation at a concentration camp, this book is an essential part of a World War II enthusiast’s library.

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Recensione:

this memoir will be invaluable as evidence --Times Literary Supplement, 15th January 2010

Funny, touching and sometimes shocking --Country Life Magazine: Best Books of 2009

This fascinating book once again proves that the truest records of the second world war lie in the memories of the ordinary soldiers who fought on the ground. --The Sunday Times, 7th Feb 2010

There is still a need, however, to reconcile the achievements of the British Army during the Second World War with the sometimes catastrophic miscalculations of its generals and the extraordinary fortitude of the average soldier - under-equipped, under-paid and exposed to unnecessary horror. When that account is finally written, We Died with Our Boots Clean will be cited as crucial evidence. --Times Literary Supplement, 15 January 2010

This is a good read in the great british tradition of presenting wartime as an Ealing Studios tragi-comedy. --The Times, 27 March, 2010

L'autore:

Kenneth McAlpine joined the Royal Marine Commandos at the age of seventeen and spent the war years fighting in France and Holland.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: History Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0752451898
• ISBN 13: 9780752451893
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 189