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Rifleman: A Front-Line Life By Rick Stroud, Victor Gregg

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Title
Rifleman - A Front Line Life
ISBN
9781408813966
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Publication Name
Rifleman: a Front-Line Life
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
234 mm
Author
Victor Gregg
Item Weight
555 g
Item Width
153 mm
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following service in the western desert and at the battle of Alamein, he joined the Parachute Regiment and in September 1944 found himself at the battle of Arnhem. When the paratroopers were forced to withdraw, Gregg was captured. He attempted to escape, but was caught and became a prisoner of war; sentenced to death in Dresden for attempting to escape and burning down a factory, only the allies' infamous raid on the city the night before his execution saved his life. Gregg's fascinating story, told in a voice that is good-natured and completely original, continues after the end of the war. In the fifties he became chauffeur to the Chairman of the Moscow Norodny bank in London, involved in shady dealings and strange meetings with MI5, MI6 and the KGB. His adventures, though, were not over - in 1989, on one of his many motorbike expeditions into Eastern Europe, he found himself at a rally of 700 people in a field in Sopron at a fence that formed part of the barrier between the Soviet Union and the West. Vic cut the wire, and a few weeks later the Berlin Wall itself was destroyed - a truly unexpected coda to an incredible life lived to the full. This is the story of a true survivor.

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Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9781408813966
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Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Rifleman: a Front-Line Life
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Author
Victor Gregg
Subject Area
Biographies & True Stories
Format
Hardcover

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234 mm
Item Weight
555 g
Item Width
153 mm

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United Kingdom
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Victor Gregg

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    • Forget the movies this is the truth.

      After seeing the “Rifleman” celebrate his 100th birthday on Breakfast tv I had to read his book. Forget what the WW2 films this is the truth from 1st hand experience. We need to understand the personal sacrifice that has provided the peace we enjoy today.

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      Absolutely brilliant book, read it all in half a day as it was just too good to put down, a true unsung hero.

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