Strafer : desert general : the life and killing of Lieutenant General WHE Gott CB, CBE, DSO*, MC / NS Nash
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #478808
ISBN: 1781590907
Physical description: 281 p. Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB oBE MC; Chapter 1 7 August 1942, 1415 hrs; Chapter 2 In the Beginning, 1897-1917; Chapter 3 Battle of Nieuport - Prisoner of War; Chapter 4 The First Escape; Chapter 5 The Second Escape; Chapter 6 Between the Wars, 1919-39; Chapter 7 And So to War, September 1939-June 1940; Chapter 8 operation Compass, November 1940-February 1941; Chapter 9 operation Brevity, March-May 1941; Chapter 10 operation Battleaxe, May-July 1941; Chapter 11 operation Crusader, November-December 1941. Chapter 12 The Battle of Gazala and the Fall of Tobruk,January-June 1942Chapter 13 The Retreat to El Alamein, operations Bacon,Splendour and Manhood, July 1942; Chapter 14 Succession, 5-7 August 1942; Chapter 15 Assassination, 7 August 1942, 1425 hrs; Chapter 16 Aftermath; Chapter 17 Strafer Gott, the General; Chapter 18 Strafer Gott, the Man; Chapter 19 What if?; Bibliography; Index. Subjects: Gott, William Henry Ewart 1897-1942. Generals Great Britain ; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front.
Price: €21.95