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Langley, Mike

 
9781473879515: Anders Lassen VC, MC of the SAS: The Story of Anders Lassen and the Men Who Fought With Him
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ISBN 10 : 1473879515 ISBN 13 : 9781473879515
Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2017

Synopsis

The story of Anders Lassen is one of the most amazing and heroic of the Second World War - indeed in the history of the British armed services. He was awarded no less than three Military Crosses and the SAS regiment's only Victoria Cross. From the day he stalked and killed a stag armed only with a knife, Lassen had been recognized as quite unique. He took part in a series of extraordinary strikes against the Axis powers in West Africa, Normandy, the Channel Islands, the Aegean and Greece, the Balkans and, finally, in Italy. This classic biography of a remarkable warrior, which was first published in 1988, is based on interviews with Lassen's fellow soldiers and a wealth of original research. It covers each stage of Lassen's short, brilliant career in vivid detail and offers a penetrating insight into the exceptional courage, confidence and single-minded motivation that lay behind Lassen's extraordinary exploits. Mike Langley also reconstructs, using the testimony of survivors, the operation in which Lassen was killed and for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mike Langley, who died in 2006, was best known as a sports writer for the Daily Mirror. He won five major awards for his journalism and was the author of three successful books on soccer. His newspaper career was preceded by sailing on D-Day as an 18-year-old volunteer in a special service unit that saw action during the Normandy campaign. His biography of Anders Lassen is the only full account of Lassen's life and exploits in English.

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Éditeur
Pen & Sword Military
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1473879515
ISBN 13 
9781473879515
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
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