Skip to content

No image available

The Normandy Nobodies

No image available

The Normandy Nobodies

by Boel, Geoff

  • Used
  • first
Condition
See description
ISBN 10
071372031X
ISBN 13
9780713720310
Seller
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Item Price
$15.33
Or just $13.79 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
$12.77 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 14 to 30 days

More Shipping Options

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

London: Blandford Press, 1988. This from the dustwrapper: " This is not a war book about heroes and obedient soldiers; it is just the opposite. It is the true story of a small Army detachment of off-beat soldiers who were landed on the Normandy beaches to provide a technical service for the war machines at the Front Line. They were known as the Normandy Nobodies because they got lost and during the first few battles, Brass Hats did not even know of their existence. This is not so much a Dad's Army romp as a'Wide Boy's'Army farce, in which its members, led by a Canadian Captain, unite in a fruitless attempt to beat red tape. In Brussels, where the citizens were overjoyed at being liberated, the Normandy Nobodies sampled the delights of the Big City and found further outlets for their talents. There are some vivid descriptions of Belgian Resistance members taking unauthorised revenge on collaborators, and a Christmas Eve episode when a drunken Commanding Officer attempts to round up his troops to help stem, the German breakthrough in the Ardennes. In spite of the hilarious episodes in this book, the author has succeeded in writing a valuable documentary in which the lighter side of war goes hand-in-hand with the darker side. The pen-and-ink drawings and cartoons in this book were made by the author in Normandy and Brussels at the time he writes about." 159 pages, 5.75 X 8.75 inches. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper.. First Edition.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Jacques Gander GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
003052
Title
The Normandy Nobodies
Author
Boel, Geoff
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
071372031X
ISBN 13
9780713720310
Publisher
Blandford Press
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1988
Keywords
World War Two ; Normandy Invasion ; D-day

Terms of Sale

Jacques Gander

Books are returnable if found not to be as described, with prior notice.

About the Seller

Jacques Gander

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2004
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire

About Jacques Gander

Out of print, rare and used books. Internet and mail order.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Dustwrapper
Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

tracking-