Author: Saunders, Hilary St. George (aka Francis Beeding),
Title: THE RED BERET.
Description: New English Library, London, 1971, new edn., 1st in imprint, paperback, 315pp, map in text, [ii] ads., wraparound pictorial cover art (unattrib.), a detailed account of the birth and growth of British airborne troops in WW2, the establishment of the Central Landing School, training by trial and error, experimental and sometimes disastrous raids, early successes at Tragino and Bruneval and the major operations of Normandy and Arnhem, light crease and sunning to spine, lightly rubbed at tips, very good,

Keywords: ww2 war airborne parachute paras sas commando tragino bruneval arnhem normandy


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