Accidental Warrior by Geoffrey Picot

Accidental Warrior by Geoffrey Picot

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An account of how a timid and unaggressive young man of 19 in 1939 was transformed by the inexorable pressures of World War II into a competent infantryman. The author served in two infantry battalions in the campaign in Europe from D-Day to VE Day, from Normandy to Germany.

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Accidental Warrior by Geoffrey Picot

An account of how a timid and unaggressive young man of 19 in 1939 was transformed by the inexorable pressures of World War II into a competent infantryman. The author served in two infantry battalions in the campaign in Europe from D-Day to VE day, from Normandy to Germany. The book provides a personal account of the war, with extracts from wartime newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and speeches. Picot joined the Hampshire Regiment which were to be in the first wave of the assault on Normandy and on D-Day, in their first assault, the Hampshires lost 64 soldiers and 118 were wounded.
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ISBN 13 9780140176261
ISBN 10 0140176268
Titel Accidental Warrior
Autor Geoffrey Picot
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 1994-05-16
Seitenanzahl 336
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