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Storming eagles : German airborne forces in World War Two / James Lucas.
- Title
- Storming eagles : German airborne forces in World War Two / James Lucas.
- Author
- Lucas, James Sidney.
- Publication
- London : Arms and Armour ; [New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the USA by Sterling Pub. Co.], c1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | UD485.G3 L82 1988x | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 191 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 188.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The northward thrust into Denmark and Norway -- I know a grave in Flanders... -- 'We are sailing against England...' -- We've swept the Tommies from the continent -- 'On Crete our banners are flying' -- 'In the east dark clouds are gathering' -- 'The banners are flying in the east wind' -- 'Forward, across the graves, forward' -- The fall of the Fascist eagle -- 'Duce, I have been ordered to rescue you' -- The last para drop in the Mediterranean theatre -- 'He who would rather die than lay down his arms cannot be defeated' -- 'Not every bullet finds its mark' -- 'We are the Green Devils' -- 'Though others may be unfaithful...' -- Penny packets of paras in a ground role -- Last flight of the storming eagles -- 'On the far bank of the Rhine' -- 'We have done our duty to the last...' -- 'The standard must still fly even though its bearer falls' -- 'Do not see in the east the blood-red dawn'.
- ISBN
- 0853688796
- OCLC
- 19943388
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library