Author: Durnford-Slater, Brigadier John D.S.O. and Bar,
Title: COMMANDO.
Description: William Kimber, London, 1953 1st edn., 222pp, half tone photo frontis and 16pp half tone photo ills., 6 maps in text, maps at endpapers, light blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, an account of formation and training of the Commandos and of the operations and experiences of No.3 Commando from 1940-45, by their commanding officer, from their first operation in March 1941 at Lofoten, Norway through Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, to Italy where they operated ahead of the Allied advance, the D-Day landings and then from Normandy to Germany, a little rubbed at extrems. with sl. sunning to cloth at tips, edges tanned, dustwraopper: a little rubbed and chipped at spine ends and extrms., repaired to reverse, very good in a good plus dustwrapper,

Keywords: war ww2 army commando mediterranean arctic lofoten vaagsodieppe sicily italy normandy market garden


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