The Welsh Guards. Famous Regiments.

Retallack, John:

ISBN 10: 0723227462 / ISBN 13: 9780723227465

Published by Frederick Warne, 1981

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8°, XII, 177 Seiten mit einigen Bildtafeln, OPbd. mit farbig illustr. Originalumschlag - sehr guter Zustand - 1981. H13277 ISBN: 0723227462 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501.

Seller Inventory # 292649

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Welsh Guards. Famous Regiments.
• Publisher: Frederick Warne
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0723227462
• ISBN 13: 9780723227465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 501 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Bundeswehr, NVA, Nato, fremdes Militär

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Synopsis

Although the youngest of the Regiments in the Household Division, the Welsh Guards have established a reputation on both the battlefield, and on the parade ground, that is fully equal to the proud standards for which Guardsmen have long been famous. The Welsh Guards were formed in 1915, and they saw much hard fighting in both World Wars. Of the first thirty years of their existence, almost a third were spent at war and as a result tradition and regimental spirit were quickly forged. Such is the variety of a modern soldier's life that in the years since the Second World War, the Welsh Guards have been employed in sixteen different countrys, (in some of them two or three times) as diverse as texas and the snows of artic Norway. This swift account takes their story from the regiment's foundation in 1915, from their baptism of fire at loos, through another World War, and on to the tragic business of trying to preserve lives, and some sort of life, in the internecine bitterness of Northern Ireland.