Combined Operations : The Official Story of the Commandos [Commandoes]
by Saunders, Hilary Aidan St. George,; 1898-1951. ; Forwarrd: Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
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New York : The Macmillan Company, 1943., 1943. Good. 2nd printing; xiii pp., 1 l., 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; OCLC: 964330 ; blue cloth with red decorations and lettering ; pencil mark at end of foreword ; name on front ep ; foxing ; several photographs of mostly British engagements ; Contents: ... To be known as commandos. -- Training for attack. -- The steel hand from the sea. -- Destruction in their wake. -- The exploits of "Layforce" -- A stroke at the brain: the raid on Rommel. -- The significant adventure of Vaagso. -- Battle over the fjords. -- An experiment in radio-dislocation. -- Assault from the sea: St. Nazaire. -- The glorious rendezvous of H.M.S. "Campbeltown" -- "The commandos got cracking" -- The storming of Diego Suarez. -- Reconnaissance in force: Dieppe. -- The battery did not fire again. -- The Canadians go in. -- The battle of the sea-wall. -- The triumph in the air. -- "This majestic enterprise" -- To the day of assault. ; G
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- Combined Operations : The Official Story of the Commandos [Commandoes]
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- Saunders, Hilary Aidan St. George,; 1898-1951. ; Forwarrd: Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
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- New York : The Macmillan Company, 1943.
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- 1943
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- wwii world war ii maaloy island vaagso bruneval st. nazaire madagascar Diego Suarez dieppe norway tobruk rommel World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front. Vaagso Diego Suarez canadians
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