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Brian Best

The Forgotten VCs

The Victoria Crosses of the War in the Far East During WW2

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Fought amid the most challenging terrain of any theater during the Second World War, the campaign in the Far East saw heroic actions against the unyielding Japanese that resulted in the awarding of more than forty Victoria Crosses greater than a fifth of all the VCs of the war.Such actions include that of Major Frank Blaker, whose battalion of the Gurkha Rifles was held up by Japanese machine-guns on 9 July 1944. After climbing for five hours up a 2,100-foot hill, Blaker crawled on his hands and knees through dense jungle alone until he was close enough to stand up and charge the strong enemy position. Though mortally wounded, he urged his me… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-5267-1799-3
  • EAN: 9781526717993
  • Produktnummer: 27905436
  • Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 208 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'113 KB

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