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In Action With the Sas : A Soldiers Odyssey from Dunkirk to Berlin
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Close, Roy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Close, Roy.
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.
- Great Britain.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Local Subjects:
- Close, Roy.
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Roy Close's wartime experiences make breathtaking reading. Mobilized in 1939 he became part of the BEF and was fortunate to avoid death or captivity during the German blitzkrieg and escape through Dunkirk. Sent to North Africa, he joined the Paras and, from there, to the SAS. In 1944 he operated behind enemy lines with the Maquis in France, who were in open insurrection against the German occupiers. The scene then shifts to Holland and the advance through Germany. He witnessed Paris and Berlin in very early post-war years and was part of the Quadripartite Government of the former German capita
- Contents:
- Also by; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - Mobilizing the Unready; 2 - Dunkirk: Chaos to 'Miracle'; 3 - Regrouping: 'The Few' Win Time; 4 - Frustration in North Africa; 5 - Battle School with the Paras; 6 - Feet and Knees Together; 7 - Training with the SAS; 8 - Into Enemy - Occupied Territory; 9 - Action in Maquis Country; 10 - Winter Along the Maas; 11 - Advance into Germany; 12 - Norwegian Round-up: Parisian Summer; 13 - Berlin : Governing the Defeated; Epilogue; Appendix 1 - The SAS Regimental Collect; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4 - Lili Marlene; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783403400
- 1783403403
- 9781783460687
- 1783460687
- OCLC:
- 854974648
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