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The raiders

The raiders

by Robin Neillands

1989Armed ForcesCommando operationsCommando troopsGreat BritainGreat Britain. Army
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"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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Armed ForcesCommando operationsCommando troopsGreat BritainGreat Britain. ArmyHistory
First published 1989

Setting

Great Britain

About the author

Robin Neillands
Robin Neillands

1935 – 2006

Robin Hunter Neillands was a British writer who specialized in travel and military history. He also wrote under several pen names: Robin Hunter, Rob Hunter, Neil Lands and Debbie Hunter. Neillands served in 45 Commando, Royal Marines in Cyprus and the Middle East. Afterwards, as a salesman for Pan Books, he travelled widely. In Britain, he founded Spur Books and through them published his early travel guides to France. One of his many journeys, cycling the Way of St. James pilgrim trail to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, led to another book and also to the Confraternity of Saint James, the London-based pilgrim association. Other journeys, on foot, also generated popular travel books and …

Author

Robin Neillands

First published

1989

Pages

366

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

ISBN

9780006374978

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