By sea and land : the story of the Royal Marines Commandos / / Robin Neillands

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821526403321
• Autore: Neillands Robin <1935-2006, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: South Yorkshire, England : , : Pen & Sword Military Classics, , 2004; ©2004
• ISBN: 1-4738-1293-3; 1-78383-361-0
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (451 p.)
• Collana: Pen & Sword Military Classics ; ; Number 31
• Disciplina: 359.9/6/0941
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Maps ""; ""Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson, CB, OBE ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 The Sea Soldiers, 1664-1942 ""; ""2 Dieppe, 1942 ""; ""3 Sicily and Italy, 1943 ""; ""4 The War for the Islands, 1943-44 ""; ""5 D-Day, 6 June 1944 ""; ""6 Walcheren and the Rhine, 1944-45 ""; ""7 Burma: The Arakan and Kangaw, 1944-45 ""; ""8 Palestine and Malaya, 1948-52 ""; ""9 Korea, 1950-52 ""; ""10 Cyprus and Suez, 1955-56 ""; ""11 Aden and Borneo, 1960-67 ""; ""12 Ulster and the Falklands War, 1968-82 ""; ""13 The Marines Were There """"Glossary of Service and Royal Marine Jargon ""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the story of a fighting force. In the words of the marines themselves, Robin Neillands, formerly of 45 Commando RM, describes what it is really like to wear the legendary green beret, in peace and in war. This vivid account charts the story of the Royal Marine Commandos from their bloody baptism on the beaches of Dieppe to the final yomp into Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in 1982.