Accidental Warrior by Geoffrey Picot

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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
Title Accidental Warrior
Author Geoffrey Picot
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-05-16
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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