Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781862271906
Publisert
2002-08-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Foreword by
Om bidragsyterne
(Location: Londonderry) Richard Doherty is a military historian, writer and broadcaster whose father served in Eighth Army in North Africa. The North Irish Horse is his ninth book.
A detailed history of a most distinguished Irish regiment which saw service in both World Wars. - Raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Boer War. - The first reserve forces unit to see action in the Great War. - The 'one-man regiment' of the 1930s. - Converted to tanks early in the Second World War. - Did the impossible in 1943 when a troop of Churchills climbed the Djebel Ang to support the Irish Brigade. - Supported the Canadians at the battle of the Hitler Line in Italy, May 1944. - Survives in the modern TA as a Squadron of Queen's Own Yeomanry and a Squadron of Royal Signals.
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The North Irish Horse was created after the Boer War and first saw action in the Great War. During WW2 the Horse was a tank regiment that gained distinction in Tunisia and Italy. Post-war it was reformed as am armoured car TA regiment that survives to this day.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781862271906
Publisert
2002-08-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UP, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304
Forfatter
Foreword by