And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War
by Fraser, David
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
BooK Club Associates, London, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 429 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's inscription, lavish, in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Previous owner's name in texta on top of text block. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. First published in 1983 and written by a pre-eminent historian of the British Army, this is the definitive history of the British Army in the Second World War: its campaigns and battles, defeats and victories, across all theatres of operations from the outbreak of war with Germany in 1939 to the final defeat of Japan in 1945. Here the reader will find grand strategy at the highest level, but also the reality of command in the field and the experience of combat for the infantry, gunners and the tankers as the British Army fought its way through the War. But above all this is a full, authoritative and vividly written account of the British Army in the Second World War as it came to grips with, and in the end triumphed over, its enemies in the field. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1940s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6628. .
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- Seller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 6628
- Title
- And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War
- Author
- Fraser, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- BooK Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB137 second world war, history, military, british army, Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1940s; Fraser, David And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War
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