Nothing Much to Losethe Story of 2nd Battalion Royal Marines, 1940-1943 and 43 Commando Royal Marines, 1943-1945
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
178331009X
ISBN-13
9781783310098
Publisher
Naval & Military Press
Imprint
Naval & Military Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 12th, 2014
Print length
174 Pages
Weight
306 grams
Dimensions
17.20 x 24.40 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Military history
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This story of a proud unit in an elite Corps also reflects the evolution of Commando warfare during the Second World War. The 2nd Battalion, Royal Marines saw action securing Iceland for the Allies early in the war, and in 1940 took part in the ill-fated attempt to wrest the West African French colony of Dakar from the control of Vichy in the name of De Gaulle''s Free French. In 1943, re-named and re-trained as 43 Commando, Royal Marines, the unit took part in the Anzio landings in Italy and then crossed the Adriatic to take part in island hopping operations along the Dalmatian coast alongside Tito''s Yugoslavian partisans. Finally, in north Italy at the end of the war in 1945 the unit''s Tom Hunter won a (sadly posthumous) Victoria Cross - the only VC won by a Royal Marine in the war.
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