No Drums, No Trumpets by Alec Le Vernoy

No Drums, No Trumpets by Alec Le Vernoy

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The biography of le Vernoy's adventures and experiences as a soldier in World War II France, Tunisia, Egypt and Germany, his capture by the Germans and his eventual escape from Sachsenhausen concentration camp, his work for the Resistance and 14 decorations including the military Legion of Honour.

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No Drums, No Trumpets by Alec Le Vernoy

This is a true story from the Second World War which tells of the adventures and experiences of the author, Alec le Vernoy. Alec le Vernoy was born in 1918 and at the outbreak of war was a young medical student in Paris. He relates his experiences as a soldier in campaigns in France, Tunisia, Egypt and Germany as he pursued his ambition to join the Free French. He was captured four times and he escaped four times - once from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. On reaching neutral territory, he was seconded to a unit of the Resistance harrying German forces occupying France and in the weeks following D-Day Alec was appointed commander of an area of south-west France and was finally demobbed in 1945 as Captain in the Marines paratroop commando. He was awarded 14 decorations including the military Legion of Honour.
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ISBN 13 9780718130213
ISBN 10 0718130219
Title No Drums, No Trumpets
Author Alec Le Vernoy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1988-07-18
Number of pages 328
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