British Airborne Troops, Barry Gregory

BRITISH AIRBORNE TROOPS - Macdonald Illustrated War Studies

This deals comprehensively with the training, insignia, organisation, weapons, equipment, air transport, military operations and unit histories of British airborne forces. Tells the whole war-time story from the ill-fated raid on the Tragino aqueduct in 1941 in southern Italy to the Rhine-crossing and the closing stages of the recapture of Burma in 1945.

• Introduction
• Training
• Organisation and Insignia
• Weapons and Equipment
• Air Transport
• Military Operations
• Unit Histories

Author: Barry Gregory

Publisher: Doubleday

Description: 160 pages, Hardback, 227 Χ 163 mm. Contains maps and b/w photographs.

Book condition: FINE

Dust jacket condition: VERY GOOD+

Shipping weight: 0.61 Kg.