Heat of Battle: 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1943-1945 by Peter Hart

Heat of Battle: 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1943-1945 by Peter Hart

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This third volume in the Leo Cooper Regimental Actions series follows 16 DLI as they slogged their way through Italy during the Second World War. After landing at Salerno in September 1943 they fought their way relentlessly across the ridges and rivers that criss-crossed Italy facing some of the finest troops in the German army.

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Heat of Battle: 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1943-1945 by Peter Hart

Culled from hundreds of hours of recorded interviews held by the Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, The Heat of Battle tells the gripping story of Durham Light Infantry''s long and bitter campaign in Italy, in the voices of the survivors.'

Peter Hart is the author of The I.R.A. and the Canada Research Chair in Irish Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. and Its Opponents, which won the ChristopherEwart-Biggs Memorial Award, as well as two other volumes on modern Irish history.

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ISBN 13 9780850526905
ISBN 10 0850526906
Title Heat of Battle: 16th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry 1943-1945
Author Peter Hart
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published 1999-03-16
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.