Winged dagger, adventures on special service / by Roy Farran
1948, First Edition. London : Collins. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine sun-toned. Previous owner's inscription to end paper. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #480058
Physical description; 384 p. : port., maps ; 21 cm. Contents; Introduction. Palestine, 1947 -- Book I. The Middle East, 1940-1943 -- 1. Arrival in the Middle East -- 2. Cairo, 1940 -- 3. The first Wavell campaign -- 4. The first withdrawal in Cyrenaica -- 5. Crete -- 6. Prison camp, 1941 -- 7. Escape from prison, 1941 -- 8. The western desert, 1942, and the retreat to El Alamein -- 9. Interim in South Africa and UK, 1942-43 -- Book II. The special air service -- 1. Introduction -- 2. North Africa and Sicily, 1943 -- 3. Jeep operation in Italy, 1943 (part I) -- 4. Jeep operation in Italy, 1943 (part II) -- 5. Battle of Termoli -- 6. Operation near Pescara, 1943 -- 7. Interim, 1943-44 -- 8. France, 1944 -- 9. Greece, 1944 -- Book III. Operation in Italy, 1945 -- 1. Preliminaries to Tombola -- 2. Arrival in Tombola valley -- 3. Organisation of the battalion -- 4. Formation of the battaglione alleato -- 5. The attack on the corps headquarters -- 6. Defensive actions in Tombola valley -- 7. Attacks on highway twelve -- 8. Victory column -- Book IV. Post-war, 1945-47 -- 1. A regular soldider in peace -- 2. Palestine, 1947 -- 3. Escape from Palestine, 1947 -- 4. Reflections in a prison cell -- 5. Epilogue. Subjects; Farran, Roy Alexander. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, English. World War, 1939-1945 Commando operations. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, British. South Africa Africa. Great Britain Europe. Italy Europe. Greece Europe. Palestine Middle East. Sicily Italy Europe. France Europe. Norway Europe. Syria Middle East.
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