The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II
Language: English
Published by Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 2009
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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418pp/illus/maps. Includes by-name list of Darby's Rangers with awards. These elite soldiers accompanied British commandos on the failed Dieppe Raid in August 1942, participated in Operation Torch in North Africa three months later, battled across Sicily the following summer, and ended the war in Italy, where they landed at Salerno in September 1943 and Anzio in January 1944 and were decimated at the Battle of Cisterna. Clean no marks. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Ranger Force: Darby's Rangers in World War II
- Author
- Robert W. Black
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0811705218
- ISBN 13
- 9780811705219
- Edition
- 1st Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- World War II
In this gripping companion to his acclaimed The Battalion (978-0-8117-0184-6), which told the story of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in World War II, Robert W. Black turns his attention to the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Ranger Battalions, otherwise known as Darby's Rangers. These elite soldiers accompanied British commandos on the failed Dieppe Raid in August 1942, participated in Operation Torch in North Africa three months later, battled across Sicily the following summer, and ended the war in Italy, where they landed at Salerno in September 1943 and Anzio in January 1944 and were decimated at the Battle of Cisterna.
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