Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO

Mead, Richard

ISBN 10: 1473854075 / ISBN 13: 9781473854079

Editore: Pen and Sword Military, 2017

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• Titolo: Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO
• Editore: Pen and Sword Military
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1473854075
• ISBN 13: 9781473854079
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: very_good

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Always marked out for high rank, Robert Laycock came into his own when selected to raise 8 Commando, a new ‘crack’ unit early in the Second World War. After training, 7, 8 and 11 Commandos were sent to the Middle East in early 1941 and all became Layforce under Laycock’s command. Layforce was disbanded after Crete fell. Laycock took part in the abortive raid on Rommel’s HQ.As commander of the Special Service Brigade Laycock played an important role in the Sicily landings and at Salerno. In October 1943 he succeeded Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations, coordinating combined services operations and training and attending Allied conferences.In later life Laycock became Governor of Malta and Colonel of the SAS. In this long overdue biography, the author reveals the detail of this fine soldier’s character and superb military record.

Informazioni sull?autore

Richard Mead was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He has written General 'Boy': The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning and The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery, Commander Eighty Army and The Men Behind Monty all in print with Pen and Sword Military. The latter title has been short lived for The British Army Military History Prize. Richard and his wife live in Gloucestershire and he has two grown-up sons.