Terence O'Reilly

Hitler's Irishmen: The Irish Waffen-SS Men

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A handful of Irishmen fought for Nazi Germany - but only two ever wore the uniform of the notorious Waffen-SS...During the Second World War, two young Irishmen served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany, swearing the oath of the Waffen-SS, wearing the organisation's uniform and even its distinctive blood group tattoo.James Brady from Roscommon and Frank Stringer from Leitrim were under the direct command of Otto Skorzeny, the man who rescued Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from a mountain-top prison, and they were involved in some of the most ferocious fighting of the war in the last days of the Third Reich.Ironically these young men had or… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-85635-726-5
EAN: 9781856357265
Produktnummer: 13902219
Verlag: Mercier Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 312 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor

Terence O'Reilly is currently a member of staff of the Defence Forces library, specialising in military history. He is a former artilleryman who completed several tours of duty with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. He lives in Portlaoise.