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The raiders

Robin Neillands

1989264 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1989
first published
  • 1990Fontana · 366 pages · ENGISBN 9780006374978
  • 1989Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd · 264 pages · ENGISBN 9780297794264

"In this book, the commando soldiers tell the story of their units - of No. 1 Commando's last great fight on the ridge at Kangaw, of 2 Commando at Salerno and rampaging through the islands of the Adriatic, of 3, the first Commando to be raised, storming ashore at Vaagso and Dieppe, at Termoli and D-Day. Then there is No. 4, taking Flushing on the coast of Walcheren in 1944, No. 5 in Madagascar and Burma, No. 6 fighting in North Africa and Normandy under Derek Mills Roberts, a soldier's soldier. Here, too, are tales of 7, 8 and 11th Scottish Commando, and Layforce, fighting everyone, including the Staff, to hold their own at Bardia, in Crete, on the Rommel raid, and on the Litani River. And then there is No. 9, which fought with such distinction in Italy, at Anzio, Orniro and Commachio, and No. 10, the Inter-Allied Commando, which contained troops from many nations, including Germany. ..."--Book jacket.

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MoodSad

How it reads

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ViolenceFrequent

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ThemesWar

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