Red Devils
The Trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in World War Two: An Authorized History
- Format: Innbundet
- Antall sider: 384
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780241558171
- Utgivelsesår: 2022
- Bidragsyter: Urban, Mark
A GRIPPING, AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE DARING ''RED DEVILS'' TOLD THROUGH THE FATES OF SIX HEROES . . . AND AN IDEAL GIFT FOR READERS WHO LOVE WW2 HISTORIES!
''Gripping and authoritative'' Andy McNab
''Superb accounts of the battles and a deep understanding of personalities'' Patrick Bishop, The Telegraph
A GRIPPING, AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE DARING ''RED DEVILS'' TOLD THROUGH THE FATES OF SIX HEROES . . .
In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them The Red Devils. Circus performers, solicitors, gravediggers, family men. . . they were ordinary people who became wartime heroes.
Showing what it took to succeed in this new regiment, Urban vividly brings to life six men and their experiences across D-Day, Arnhem and WW2 - from the recently-widowed Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, who had to leave his young son to head to the front, to Mike Lewis, whose photographs became iconic