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Item specifics
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- Title
- Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS and S...
- ISBN
- 1848844247
- EAN
- 9781848844247
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Date of Publication
- 2011-01-20
- Publication Name
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- Release Title
- Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS and S...
- Artist
- Lorna Almonds-Windmill
- Brand
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- Colour
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- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Gentleman Jim: the Wartime Story of a Founder of the Sas and Special Forces
- Item Height
- 234 mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories
- Topic
- Government, History
- Item Width
- 156 mm
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Information
This remarkable story of Jim Almonds (Gentleman Jim) is set in wartime England, the western desert, Italy and France and recounts his formative role in the birth of the SAS. Against a dramatic background of love, courage and high-risk adventure, it captures for the first time the real spirit of the young soldiers in the newly emerging Special Air Service. Jim Almonds, a sergeant in the Guards Commandos, sailed for the Middle East as part of 'Layforce' in January 1941 with David Stirling and others destined to become SAS 'L' Detachment 'originals'. Following intensive training in the desert and action at Tobruk, Sidi Haneish, Nofelia and Benghazi, Almonds was captured and shipped to a POW camp in Italy, where he staged two escapes. After thirty-two days on the run in enemy territory, he reached US forces at the Benevento front line. Later, he parachuted into occupied France where he harried the Germans so effectively that he was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Written by Gentleman Jim's daughter and based on Almond's own diaries, various primary sources and interviews with other 'originals', the action is vivid and immediate. AUTHOR: Lorna Almonds Windmill BA served in the Army. In 1999 she won the European Union of Women/IBM Award for European Women of Achievement. She has worked in Whitehall and the voluntary sector. SELLING POINTS: . Acclaimed biography of one of the greatest 'Originals' of the SAS, Jim Almonds MM and Bar, French Croix-de-Guerre with Silver Star . Inside story of the foundation of the SAS and its leading members such as Stirling, Lewis, Mayne and Jellicoe . Tells of the dramatic successes and costly failures of Special Force operation in WW2 REVIEWS: 'An authoritative history as well as a terrific read' .Spectator 'A remarkable story told stylishly' .Soldier Magazine ILLUSTRATIONS 16 pages of b/w plates *
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781848844247
eBay Product ID (ePID)
97771633
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gentleman Jim: the Wartime Story of a Founder of the Sas and Special Forces
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Topic
Government, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234 mm
Item Width
156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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VAT number: DE 281042328, EL 996857788, ES N8267548I, FR 27823676960, GB 922696893, IT 00185819992
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