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Churchill's colonel : the war diaries of lieutenant colonel anthony barne / Anthony Barne, edited by Charles Barne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barne, Anthony, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Yorkshire, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Pen & Sword Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- A British officer's day-to-day observations throw "interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War." -- The NYMAS Review Anthony Barne started his diary in August 1939 as a young, recently married captain in the Royal Dragoons stationed in Palestine.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Maps
- Chapter 1 Early Life
- Chapter 2 Gathering Clouds
- Chapter 3 War in the Western Desert
- Chapter 4 Rejoining the Royals
- Chapter 5 El Alamein
- Chapter 6 The Wilderness
- Chapter 7 The 4th Hussars
- Chapter 8 Mainland Europe
- Chapter 9 Barne's Taxi Service
- Epilogue
- Appendix: A: Speeches Mentioned in the Diaries
- Appendix B
- Acknowledgements
- Plate section.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-5973-X
- 1-5267-5971-3
- OCLC:
- 1129470157
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