A GRIPPING, AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE DARING RED DEVILS TOLD THROUGH THE FATES OF SIX HEROES. Riveting . . . Full of daring action, standout characters and cutting edge operations, this is unputdownable Damien LewisGripping and authoritative. Family men, circus performers, solicitors, communists, and reactionaries all fought together and shed blood for their country a true and moving story of war Andy McNabTheir German enemies called them the Red Devils. Montgomery described them as men apart every man an Emperor. The cards they received on qualifying began You are the elite of the British army. The Parachute Regiment. In this gripping, authorized account, bestselling historian Mark Urban tells the story of the wartime creation and development of Britains elite airborne infantry who ranged from circus performers to solicitors, policemen to gravediggers, Christians and Jews to communists. Through the fates of six men including recently widowed Geoffrey PineCoffin, who had to leave his little boy at home to head to the front, and Mike Lewis, whose photographs became iconic images of war Urban vividly shows what it took to succeed in this new regiment. All six men would shed blood for their country in daring actions at DDay, Arnhem and across the Second World War two would not survive, and one would face disgrace. Based on deep archival research, British and German sources and new material from the mens families, and giving overdue recognition to the North African...

Binding: Paperback;384 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBW; Weight: 424 g; Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 27

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