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Ashby's account of his hair-raising training, together with his pen-portraits of his comrades and officers, takes the reader inside the world of a 'citizen soldier'.
Ashby's account of his hair-raising training, together with his pen-portraits of his comrades and officers, takes the reader inside the world of a 'citizen soldier'.
Über den Autor
Before the Second World War Robert Ashby was the Librarian and Museum Curator at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. He was a fluent German speaker and, on a library exchange to Leipzig in 1936, saw Hitler at close quarters. During the war he served first in the Royal Army Service Corps but volunteered for flying duties, training as a pilot with the Glider Pilot Regiment. Flying military gliders, he landed howitzers, jeeps and other vital equipment for the D-Day, Arnhem, and Rhine Crossing operations. After the war he returned to Hitchin and went on to a distinguished career in the library service, end-ing as County Librarian of Surrey. He wrote this memoir for his family.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
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Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9781399088183 |
ISBN-10: | 1399088181 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Ashby, Robert F |
Hersteller: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 241 x 164 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Robert F Ashby |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.07.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,494 kg |
Über den Autor
Before the Second World War Robert Ashby was the Librarian and Museum Curator at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. He was a fluent German speaker and, on a library exchange to Leipzig in 1936, saw Hitler at close quarters. During the war he served first in the Royal Army Service Corps but volunteered for flying duties, training as a pilot with the Glider Pilot Regiment. Flying military gliders, he landed howitzers, jeeps and other vital equipment for the D-Day, Arnhem, and Rhine Crossing operations. After the war he returned to Hitchin and went on to a distinguished career in the library service, end-ing as County Librarian of Surrey. He wrote this memoir for his family.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
---|---|
Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9781399088183 |
ISBN-10: | 1399088181 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Ashby, Robert F |
Hersteller: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 241 x 164 x 24 mm |
Von/Mit: | Robert F Ashby |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.07.2022 |
Gewicht: | 0,494 kg |
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