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Para! 50 Years Of The Parachute Regiment

Para! 50 Years Of The Parachute Regiment

by PeterHarclerode (Author)

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    Paperback 1996

    $3.25
Synopsis

An authoritative and definitive history of the first fifty years of The Parachute Regiment fron an author who has served with both the Paras and the SAS. This book tells the story of the beginnings of the Regiment as a response to the German blitzkreig in 1940. Impressed by the daring of the fallschirmjagerWinston Churchill sought to create a similar force to supplement the actions of the British Army and Airforce. The first and most famous of the early raids-on Bruneval in 1942-is detailed alongside the ill-fated assault in Holland in September 1944 that established The Parachute Regiment as an elite force. the postwar period they have gone on to prove their worth in Suez, Malaya, the Falkland Islands and Northern Ireland.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 432
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Orion
Published: 05 Aug 1996
ISBN 10: 0752803956
ISBN 13: 9780752803951
Book Overview: *Detailed and authorised account of the most famous regiment in the British Army. *A comprehensive record of Para training, equipment, weapons, deployment or airborne forces over the last fifty years. *Fully illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, paintings and maps. *First paperback edition - hardcover now a collector 's item.

Author Bio
Peter Harclerode was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1967, serving in the UK, Middle East and Far East. He has also served in the SAS and the Parachute Regiment.