Lieutenant colonel j p o b e (2 risultati)

(Subject: Regimental & Unit Histories - General) The operations of the post WWII Brigade of Gurkhas. Covers their activities in the Malayan Emergency and the Borneo Confrontation and also their role in Hong Kong prior to the British withdrawl. (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 0853688656) (Pagination: 203pp, photos, maps.) (Condition: very good in dw) UL-XXXXXX. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book condition is near fine. 1st edition. Hard cover. Text body clean. Book boards clean front and back. Book block clean. Spine intact. Overall an excellent and neat copy. Many books have extolled the exploits of the Gurkhas; In Gurkha Company brings to the subject a depth of experience and understanding that few authors can match. Colonel J.P Cross served for more thirty years with tough soldiers, hunting OT communist terrorists in the rubber plantations of Malaya and fighting at their side in the jungles of Borneo. His perception accounts paints portrait if the Gurkha battalions from the inside, enabling the reader to appreciate and understand the unique blend of Martians qualities that has made these highland warriors so formidable on the battlefields of the world.…