The Invasion of Hitler's Third Reich - Hardcover

Patrick Delaforce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1781553254 ISBN 13: 9781781553251

Publisher: Fonthill Media, 2014

Synopsis

Patrick Delaforce tells the story of Operation Eclipse - the plan for the British Liberation Army, as part of Allied Command, to invade and conquer the Third Reich in 1945 and forge on towards the Baltic.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Delaforce served as a troop leader in Normandy with the Royal Horse Artillery of the 11th Armoured Division. Hitler's Wehrmacht blew him up with their mines in Holland, and he was again wounded by a rifle grenade on the banks of the River Elbe. He was with the first battle group into Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945, was twice mentioned in despatches, and was awarded the Bronze Cross of Orange- Nassau. In autumn 1945 he served on a War Crimes Tribunal in Hamburg and tried many concentration camp guards. Finally, he was an official British Army of the Rhine witness when Mr Albert Pierrepoint, the British hangman, executed 13 convicted war criminals in Hameln on 13 December 1945.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fonthill Media
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781553254
• ISBN 13: 9781781553251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272