With the Jocks : a soldier's struggle for Europe, 1944-45 / Peter White ; foreword by Sir John Keega...
With the Jocks : a soldier's struggle for Europe, 1944-45 / Peter White ; foreword by Sir John Keegan.
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Publisher
Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N940.54814/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 488 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: WITH THE JOCKS -- Preface -- The Attack on Walcheren Island -- Defensive Warfare on the River Maas -- A Queer Christmas -- Holding the Line in Winter: Tripsrath Woods -- Operation 'Blackcock': The Preparation and First -- Phase, Operation 'Bear' -- Counter-Attack in...
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Publisher
Thrupp, Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"In one of the most graphic and finely crafted evocations of a soldier at war, the images he records are not for the faint-hearted. There are heroes aplenty within its pages, but there are also disturbing insights into the darker side of humanity, frequently brushed aside in many other war accounts - the men who broke under the strain and who ran a...
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With the Jocks : a soldier's struggle for Europe, 1944-45 / Peter White ; foreword by Sir John Keegan.
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Col. maps on lining papers.
Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N940.54814/5
Record Identifier
74Vv42QADpVA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv42QADpVA
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ISBN
0750927216
9780750927215
DDC
940.548141
MMS ID
991015338749702626