Storming The Falklands - My War and After

Zusatztext The battle on the ground is told starkly and emotionally by Tony Banks Informationen zum Autor Tony Banks was born in Scotland. After serving in the Falklands war! he built up a successful care home business! later appearing on Channel 4's Secret Millionnaire. This is his first book. Klappentext Tony Banks and his comrades of the 2nd Battalion of the Parachute Regiment were highly trained but nothing could prepare them for the intensity and ferocity of fighting to liberate the Falkland Islands. Plunged into a war of night attacks and vicious close-quarters combat, Banks and his fellow soldiers' fierce bravery and determination saw them through the bloodiest conflict British troops had faced in decades. Seventeen men died at Goose Green, a hard-fought battle the paras came close to losing. After the Falklands, Banks suffered years of debilitating combat stress, a battle only recently won when he met his former enemies and laid the demons to rest. 'The battle on the ground is told starkly and emotionally by Tony Banks' John Nott, Daily Telegraph '[A] visceral, fast-paced, no-holds-barred autobiography . . . Strongly recommended' Neil Faulkner, Military History Monthly The fascinating true story of the years fighting in the Falklands, and one man's struggle to readjust to ordinary life. Zusammenfassung The fascinating true story of the years fighting in the Falklands, and one man's struggle to readjust to ordinary life.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Banks, Banks Tony
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9780349000190
• ISBN: 978-0-349-00019-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 153 mm x 199 mm
• Series: William Lorimer
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