Author: Saunders, Hilary St. George (aka Francis Beeding),
Title: THE RED BERET.
Description: New English Library, London, 1971, 1st in imprint, new edn., paperback, 315pp, map in text, 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, sunned at spine and into wrappers, lightly rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good plus,

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


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