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Heroes in Death: The von Blücher Brothers in the Fallschirmjäger, Crete, May 1941
Adrian Nisbett
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Description for Heroes in Death: The von Blücher Brothers in the Fallschirmjäger, Crete, May 1941
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 141 photos. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 740.
Crete, May 20, 1941. An amazed world watched as the first great airborne invasion in history began. Among the 8,000 German paratroopers taking part in Operation Mercury were three brothers: Wolfgang, Lebrecht, and Hans Joachim von BlÃ"cher. This is their story. Born into one of Germany's best-known military and aristocratic families, the von BlÃ"cher brothers were Fallschirmjäger, among the elite of the German armed forces. Illustrated throughout with family photographs and many other rare illustrations, Heroes in Death recounts the brothers' lives before the war, their training as paratroopers, the action for which Wolfgang was awarded the coveted Knight's Cross, ... Read more
Crete, May 20, 1941. An amazed world watched as the first great airborne invasion in history began. Among the 8,000 German paratroopers taking part in Operation Mercury were three brothers: Wolfgang, Lebrecht, and Hans Joachim von BlÃ"cher. This is their story. Born into one of Germany's best-known military and aristocratic families, the von BlÃ"cher brothers were Fallschirmjäger, among the elite of the German armed forces. Illustrated throughout with family photographs and many other rare illustrations, Heroes in Death recounts the brothers' lives before the war, their training as paratroopers, the action for which Wolfgang was awarded the coveted Knight's Cross, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
739g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764346316
SKU
V9780764346316
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About Adrian Nisbett
Adrian Nisbett lives in South Africa and, following his retirement from full-time work, has spent much of the past ten years working with wildlife, particularly with cheetahs in Namibia. He has had a life-long interest in military history and in collecting militaria. He has spent the past two years researching and writing Heroes in Death.
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