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The Red Beret; The Story of The Parachute Regiment at War, 1940-1945

By: Hilary St. George Saunders MC

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The Red Beret; The Story of The Parachute Regiment at War, 1940-1945

By: Hilary St. George Saunders MC

They were no ordinary soldiers. Their battlefields were behind enemy lines. They dropped silently from the sky, bringing messages of death and destruction. Lightly armed, unsupported by tanks and heavy artillery, they fought time after time against overwhelming odds—and won. This is the story of Arnhem, Bruneval, the Ardennes, Normandy, the crossing of the Rhine. It is the story of the Red Devils, the most heroic band of daredevils any war has ever produced. This is the story of the Parachute Regiment, of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men, drawn from almost every unit of the British Army, who volunteered to reach the field of battle by a novel and unique method. They were the first to wear the Red Beret, and to earn for themselves the name of the ‘Red Devils’, bestowed upon them in North Africa by an enemy who had good cause to fear their prowess. They were not, however, the only members of the British Army to wear this distinguished headgear. Those who dropped with them belonging to the Royal Engineers, the Royal Artillery, the Royal Corps of Signals, the Royal Army Service Corps and the Royal Army Medical Corps and those who went to battle in gliders also wore it and added lustre to its fame. Their story will, I hope, one day be told, when the facts have been collected and are available.

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1786259257

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Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

By: Hilary St. George Saunders MC

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Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

By: Hilary St. George Saunders MC

This is an astonishing, absolutely absorbing account of the accomplishments of those picked men from the Royal Navy, the British Army, and the Royal Air Force, who work with U.S. Rangers and others of the United Nations in what is known officially as Combined Operations—or, more popularly, the Commandos. So far as possible, without giving aid to the enemy, it is the complete story of the Commandos since the very beginning of their activities, commencing with the experimental attacks on Norwegian islands, and proceeding with more ambitious attempts on the Continent. In quick succession follow highly dramatic accounts of the assault on southern Italy, the evacuation of Crete, the defeat of the French in Syria, the daring penetration of the enemy’s line in Libya—culminating in the suspenseful stalking of Rommel’s headquarters—the assault on St. Nazaire, the capture of Madagascar, the Dieppe raid, the invasion of North Africa. The book is utterly without heroics, and yet is all heroism. The reader marvels at the terrible efficiency, the terrible simplicity, the terrible courage and the awesome nonchalance of the British Royal Navy and Army and R.A.F. men who participate in these raids. The author has the true narrator’s gift—a style which is direct, authentic, episodic in a high degree, and stirring from beginning to end. The inspiring scenes he describes keep recurring to the reader long after the book has been laid aside.

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1786259303

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9781786259301

The Green Beret: The Story Of The Commandos, 1940-1945

By: Lt. Hilary St. George Saunders

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The Green Beret: The Story Of The Commandos, 1940-1945

By: Lt. Hilary St. George Saunders

“I am not worried about the fighting. I know you’re fairly bloody-minded. But I want to speak of discipline during the battle.” “You must get ashore, if you have to swim, and I hope some of you will return as you’ll be very useful for the next show.” The words of a Commando officer to his men before they stormed the beaches of Sicily under heavy machine-gun fire sum up the swashbuckling, devil-may-care spirit of the toughest fighting men produced—the Commandos. For their raids and battles far behind enemy lines in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Burma the men in the Green Beret have become a legend. This book shows how this legend was forged.

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1786258099

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Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

By: Hilary St. George Saunders MC

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Book's by Hilary St. George Saunders MC

The Red Beret; The Story of The Parachute Regiment at War, 1940-1945

The Red Beret; The Story of The Parachute Regiment at War, 1940-1945

Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

The Green Beret: The Story Of The Commandos, 1940-1945

The Green Beret: The Story Of The Commandos, 1940-1945

Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

Combined Operations; The Official Story of The Commandos

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