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With Recce at Arnhem

- The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans – A 1st Airborne Division Veteran
Af: Mike Gallagher Engelsk Paperback

With Recce at Arnhem

- The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans – A 1st Airborne Division Veteran
Af: Mike Gallagher Engelsk Paperback
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Determined to do his bit Des Evans absconded from a reserved occupation and joined the newly formed Reconnaissance Corps. He saw action in North Africa and Italy before being evacuated back to England with pneumonia in early 1944. Fully recovered he volunteered as a wireless operator with 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron and after parachute training joined C Troop before the ill-fated but glorious attempt to seize the Rhine Bridge at Arnhem.Des vividly describes the intense action that followed the drop. Ambushed twice and badly wounded he was made a POW and eventually succeeded in escaping.Fresh first-hand accounts of the bitter fighting at Arnhem are rare indeed and this one is brutally honest, at times shockingly so.Des Evans was born in Liverpool in 1923. Despite being in a Reserve Occupation he finally succeeded in joining the Army. This book covers his wartime service in North Africa, Italy and at Arnhem. Post war he served in Italy, Palestine, Germany and the Suez Canal Zone. Cuckolded by his first wife he was convicted of the manslaughter of her lover. On release from prison he met Betty and they enjoyed nearly 40 years together until dementia necessitated residential care. Betty died in March 2010 and Des followed her three months later.
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Determined to do his bit Des Evans absconded from a reserved occupation and joined the newly formed Reconnaissance Corps. He saw action in North Africa and Italy before being evacuated back to England with pneumonia in early 1944. Fully recovered he volunteered as a wireless operator with 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron and after parachute training joined C Troop before the ill-fated but glorious attempt to seize the Rhine Bridge at Arnhem.Des vividly describes the intense action that followed the drop. Ambushed twice and badly wounded he was made a POW and eventually succeeded in escaping.Fresh first-hand accounts of the bitter fighting at Arnhem are rare indeed and this one is brutally honest, at times shockingly so.Des Evans was born in Liverpool in 1923. Despite being in a Reserve Occupation he finally succeeded in joining the Army. This book covers his wartime service in North Africa, Italy and at Arnhem. Post war he served in Italy, Palestine, Germany and the Suez Canal Zone. Cuckolded by his first wife he was convicted of the manslaughter of her lover. On release from prison he met Betty and they enjoyed nearly 40 years together until dementia necessitated residential care. Betty died in March 2010 and Des followed her three months later.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 160
ISBN-13: 9781399077736
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1399077732
Kategori: 1940 til 1949
Udg. Dato: 3 okt 2023
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 3 okt 2023
Forfatter(e): Mike Gallagher
Forfatter(e) Mike Gallagher

Kategori 1940 til 1949

ISBN-13 9781399077736

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 160

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 3 okt 2023

Oplagsdato 3 okt 2023

Forlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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