Take These Men (Paperback)

Cyril Joly

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Language: English

Published by Pen & Sword Books Ltd, South Yorkshire, 2019

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Paperback. Few accounts of the tank battles in the Western Desert during the Second World War have provided so vivid an evocation as Cyril Joly's classic account Take These Men. In such inhospitable conditions, this was armoured warfare of a particularly difficult and dangerous kind. From 1940 to 1943 battles raged back and forth as one side or the other gained the upper hand, only to lose it again. Often the obsolescent British armour was outnumbered by the Italians or outgunned by Rommel's Afrika Korps, and frequently it suffered from the ineptitudes of higher command. Cyril Joly's first-hand narrative of these campaigns, highly praised when it was originally published in 1955, tells the story through the eyes of a young officer in the 7th Armoured Division, the famous Desert Rats. It describes in accurate, graphic detail the experience of tank warfare over seventy years ago, recalling the fortitude of the tank crews and their courage in the face of sometimes overwhelming odds. AUTHOR: Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Joly was born in southern China and educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He joined the Royal Tank Regiment in 1939 and served throughout the Western Desert campaign during which he was wounded and awarded the Military Cross and bar. He also wrote Silent Night: The Defeat of NATO. He died in 2000. Graphic first-hand account of armoured warfare in the Western Desert during the Second World War, written by a tank commander who served throughout the campaign. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Title
Take These Men (Paperback)
Author
Cyril Joly
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd, South Yorkshire
Publication year
2019
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1526752093
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