By Land and By Sea: The Story of the Royal Marine CommandosPen and Sword, 1 mar 2004 - 432 páginas This is the story of a fighting force. In the words of the marines themselves, Robin Neillands, formerly of 45 Commando RM, describes what it is really like to wear the legendary green beret, in peace and in war. This vivid account charts the story of the Royal Marine Commandos from their bloody baptism on the beaches of Dieppe to the final yomp into Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in 1982. |
Índice
List of Maps | 8 |
Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson CB OBE | 10 |
Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 21 |
1 The Sea Soldiers 16641942 | 24 |
2 Dieppe 1942 | 45 |
3 Sicily and Italy 1943 | 77 |
4 The War for the Islands 194344 | 110 |
8 Palestine and Malaya 194852 | 227 |
9 Korea 195052 | 273 |
10 Cyprus and Suez 195556 | 298 |
11 Aden and Borneo 196067 | 321 |
12 Ulster and the Falklands War 196882 | 373 |
13 The Marines Were There | 415 |
Glossary of Service and Royal Marine Jargon | 433 |
439 | |
5 DDay 6 June 1944 | 128 |
6 Walcheren and the Rhine 194445 | 168 |
The Arakan and Kangaw 194445 | 214 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
By Sea and Land: The Story of the Royal Marine Commandos Robin Neillands Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
By Sea and Land: The Story of the Royal Marines Commandos Robin Neillands No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Términos y frases comunes
1st Marine Division 40 Commando Achnacarry Aden advance aircraft ambush amphibious Arabs Argentine Army Commandos arrived artillery ashore assault attack battalion battery battle beach beach-head began bombs Bren British camp Canadian Captain captured casualties coast Colonel Commando Brigade Commando units Company convoy Corps counter-attack D-Day defences Dhala Dieppe Drysdale enemy Falklands fighting fire flank Fleet force Germans grenades guns heavy helicopter hill Hungnam infantry island Jeremy Moore joined Julian Thompson jungle killed landing craft later Lt-Col machine-gun Malaya Malta mando Marine Division miles mortar moved Naval night officers operation patrol port Port-en-Bessin position Radfan raid Regiment remember rest rifle river road Royal Marine Division Royal Marines Commandos sailed Sallenelles Sergeant shell ships shot soldiers soon tanks task Termoli told took town Troop vehicles village Walcheren weapons Westkapelle withdrew wounded yards