OLIVER LEESE
by Rowland Ryder
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- ISBN 10
- 0241120241
- ISBN 13
- 9780241120248
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(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) Fading on d/w. The life of Lt.General Sir Oliver Leese who served with the Coldstream Guards in WWI, was wounded and decorated. During WWII he was Deputy Chief of Staff in 1940 and ensured the successful evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk. He formed and trained the Guards Armoured Division, became a Corps Commander in North Africa and Sicily, and the 8th Army in Italy, going on to become C in C Allied Land Force South East Asia. His greatest triumph was the capture of Rangoon, one of the most remarkable of campaigns. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Hamish Hamilton) (ISBN: 0241120241) (Pagination: xii + 308pp, 17 ills, 5 maps.) (Condition: Good in d/w) UL-XXXXXX
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- OLIVER LEESE
- Author
- Rowland Ryder
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0241120241
- ISBN 13
- 9780241120248
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Political & Biographies - General Fading on d/w. The life of Lt.General Sir Oliver Leese who served with the Coldstream Guards in WWI, was wounded and decorated. During WWII he was Deputy Chief of Staff in 1940 and ensured the successful evacuation of
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