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The Manner of Men

- 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission
Af: Stuart Tootal Engelsk Paperback

The Manner of Men

- 9 PARA's Heroic D-Day Mission
Af: Stuart Tootal Engelsk Paperback
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In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day.

Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion, 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an impregnable German gun battery. If they failed, thousands of British troops landing on the beaches were expected to die. But their mission was flawed and started to go wrong from the moment they jumped from their aircraft above Normandy. Only twenty per cent of the unit made it to the objective and half of them were killed or wounded during the attack.

Undermanned and lacking equipment and ammunition, the survivors then held a critical part of the invasion beachhead. For six bloody days, they defended the Breville Ridge against vastly superior German forces and bore the brunt of Rommel''s attempt to turn the left flank of the Allied invasion.

The Manner of Men is an epic account of courage beyond the limits of human endurance, where paratroopers prevailed despite intelligence failures and higher command blunders, in what has been described as one of the most remarkable feat of arms of the British Army and the Parachute Regiment during the Second World War.

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In June 1944, an elite unit of British paratroopers was sent on a daring and highly risky behind-the-lines mission, which was deemed vital to the success of D-Day.

Dropping ahead of the main Allied invasion, 9 PARA were tasked with destroying an impregnable German gun battery. If they failed, thousands of British troops landing on the beaches were expected to die. But their mission was flawed and started to go wrong from the moment they jumped from their aircraft above Normandy. Only twenty per cent of the unit made it to the objective and half of them were killed or wounded during the attack.

Undermanned and lacking equipment and ammunition, the survivors then held a critical part of the invasion beachhead. For six bloody days, they defended the Breville Ridge against vastly superior German forces and bore the brunt of Rommel''s attempt to turn the left flank of the Allied invasion.

The Manner of Men is an epic account of courage beyond the limits of human endurance, where paratroopers prevailed despite intelligence failures and higher command blunders, in what has been described as one of the most remarkable feat of arms of the British Army and the Parachute Regiment during the Second World War.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 384
ISBN-13: 9781848546790
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1848546793
Kategori: 1940 til 1949
Udg. Dato: 8 maj 2014
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 128mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: John Murray Press
Oplagsdato: 8 maj 2014
Forfatter(e): Stuart Tootal
Forfatter(e) Stuart Tootal

Kategori 1940 til 1949

ISBN-13 9781848546790

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 384

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 128mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 8 maj 2014

Oplagsdato 8 maj 2014

Forlag John Murray Press

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