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ISBN
9781783830169
Genre
Algemeen
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19-01-2014
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Engels
Uitgever
Pen & Sword Books
Auteur(s)
Ray Ellis
Once a Hussar
A Memoir of Battle, Capture and Escape in the Second World War
Ray Ellis
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€6,99
This
WWII
memoir
offers
a
vivid
chronicle
of
combat
in
Egypt
with
the
107th
Royal
Horse
Artillery
and
a
daring
escape
from
an
Italian
POW
camp.When
the
Second
World
War
broke
out,
Ray
Ellis
was
a
patriotic
teenager
eager
to
serve
his
country.
Once
a
Hussar
is
Ellis’s
gripping
account
of
his
wartime
experiences.
A
gunner
for
the
107th
RHA,
South
Notts
Hussars,
he
fought
in
the
Western
Desert
Campaign
and
distinguished
himself
as
the
last
soldier
to
fire
on
advancing
German
troops
in
the
devastating
Battle
of
Knightsbridge.Captured
by
the
Italian
Royal
Army,
Ellis
suffered
harrowing
deprivation
as
a
prisoner-of-war
before
executing
a
daring
escape
to
join
the
partisan
forces
in
the
Apennine
Mountains.
Told
with
self-deprecating
humor
and
a
keen
eye
for
detail,
Ellis’s
story
honestly
depicts
the
horror
of
war,
but
also
reveals
the
triumphs
of
the
human
spirit
in
times
of
great hardship.
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