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Sto caricando le informazioni... Once a Hussar: A Memoir of Battle, Capture, and Escape in World War IIdi Ray Ellis
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A very interesting account from a member of a British field artillery unit. The author paints vivid picture of his prewar induction and service in N Africa. He was eventually captured at Knightsbridge. His tenure as a POW was harrowing. Eventually, he escaped and lived in the country with a family. It was written well, and fairly recently. Writing 50 years after the events does allow for some lapsed memories. Recommended reading if history is your thing. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago. As an impressionable teenager, filled with national pride, he was eager to join the army and fight for his country. He enlisted in the South Notts Hussars at the beginning of World War II and started a journey that would take him through fierce fighting in the Western Desert, the deprivation suffered in an Italian prisoner-of-war camp, and a daring escape to join the partisan forces in the Apennines. His story is an honest and moving memoir that relays graphic eyewitness accounts of the horrors of warfare, but it also reveals the surprising triumphs of the human spirit in times of great hardship. Ellis's self-deprecating humor skillfully counters the harsh realities related in a personal recollection of a war that claimed so many young lives. Featuring twenty-six rare photographs from Ellis's life and experiences, Once a Hussar is a compelling and deftly told account of one soldier's life in World War II"--Provided by publisher. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IIClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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