Last stand at le Paradis : the events leading to the SS Massacre of the Norfolks 1940 / by Richard Lane.
In early September 1939, the 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment were one of the first complete infantry units of the BEF to land in France.The first months of World War Two were relatively quiet but after deploying to the Maginot Line sector during January 1940 they came into contact with those Germans manning the West Wall or Seigfried Line. A patrol led by Captain Peter Barclay entered German territory and was attacked. As a result, the first decorations of the war were awarded. Barclay received the Military Cross and Lance-Corporal Davis the Military Medal while the remaining members of t
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| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
Barnsley, South Yorkshire [England]
: Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books
, 2009
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| ISBN | 1-299-19887-2 1-84468-510-1 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Zusatzinfo | The Royal Norfolk Regiment; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Introduction 'Come on, let's be getting over there.'; Chapter 1: 'Our own army is just a little one . . . '; Chapter 2: 'You've done a damned fine show.'; Chapter 3: 'That is what I call a guard.'; Chapter 4: 'Give 'em a bloody nose, old boy,and then pull out.'; Chapter 5: 'Why can't we fight it out?'; Chapter 6: 'The Führer is beside himself with joy.'; Chapter 7: 'Unable to face the bayonet at closequarters.'; Chapter 8: 'Operation Dynamo is to commence.'; Chapter 9: 'Little or no hope of an organizedwithdrawal in daylight.' Chapter 10: 'Operation Dynamo now complete.'Chapter 11: 'If I ever get out of here the swine whodid this will pay for it.'; Epilogue 'A lesser regiment might never haverecovered.'; Bibliography |
| Zusatzinfo | English |
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