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Tommy Atkins: The Story of the English Soldier
John Laffin
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Paperback. The story of the ordinary British 'tommy' and his place in history Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Tommy Atkins is the English soldier, who joking broke the cavalry of France at Minden, who singing marched with the Great Duke to the Danube, who grumbling shattered Napoleon's dreams at Waterloo, who sweating in his red coat tramped back and forth across Indis, who kept his six-rounds-to-the-minute at Mons, and who died in the mud at Passchendaele, the sands of the Western Desert, and the jungles of Burma. If his name has been eclipsed by his more illustrious commanders - Cromwell, Marlborough, Moore, Wolfe, Wellington, Allenby, Slim - they at least will accord him his rightful place beside them. ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752460666
SKU
V9780752460666
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99-10
About John Laffin
John Laffin (1922-2000) was an Australian military historian. In 1940 he enlisted in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force. After the war he wrote several books and novels. He travelled the Western Front extensively to research his work and wrote widely on the First World War.
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