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OverviewA history of one of Britain's most famous armies of all time, the Eighth Army, which adopted the Crusader's Cross as its badge of honour. It fought valiantly in North Africa, Sicily and Italy under Auchinleck, Montgomery and McCreery and won a staggering total of 32 Victoria Crosses, half of which were posthumous. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard DohertyPublisher: The History Press Ltd Imprint: Spellmount Publishers Ltd ISBN: 9781862270459ISBN 10: 1862270457 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 April 1999 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsA blow-by-blow account of the Eight Army's advance from Egypt, to and fro across Libya, then through Cyrenaica to Tunis, across Sicily to central Italy, and lastly across the Po Valley into Austria; laying special weight on the many actions in which Victoria Crosses were won, and giving mention to every army unit that distinguished itself. Begun as a work of family piety - his father had been fighting in North Africa since 1940 - Doherty completed this as a portable memorial to many thousands of brave men from all over the Commonwealth, and indeed the United Nations. An excellent chronical although not an exceptional history. (Kirkus UK) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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