Author: ESSAME Major-General Hubert Title: The 43rd Wessex Division at War 1939-1945. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
Description: William Clowes,, [1952]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 35 plates on 22 and 21 maps on 13 folders; blue cloth, upper board lettered with divisional emblem in gilt, gilt back, a bright, clean copy. The famous West Country Division captured Mount Picon, the key to Normandy, forced the crossing of the Seine, were the first British troops to fight in Germany, and turned the tide in the Reichswald enabling the Allies to close with the Rhine. As part of Horrocks' 30 Corps, the division also took part in the headlong rush to Nijmegen in Operation GARDEN. Enser, p.77
Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, 43rd division, wessex, market-garden, arnhem, mount picon, reichswald, unit history, unit histories, hubert essame
Price: GBP 38.00 = appr. US$ 54.26 Seller: Island Books
- Book number: 15466
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