Author: Durnford-Slater, Brigadier John,
Title: COMMANDO.
Description: William Kimber, London, 1953, 5th pocket edn., paperback, 190pp, 4pp half tone photo ills., 6 maps in text, [ii] ads., pictorial upper wrapper (unattrib.), 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 to Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, in Italy where they operated ahead of the Allied advance, the D-Day landings and then from Normandy to Germany, slight slant to aspine, lightly rubbed at tips, light diagonal crease upper wrapper, edges tanned, good plus,

Keywords: war ww2 army mediterranean arctic lofoten vaagso dieppe sicily italy normandy market garden


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