Contents: Historical Introduction; Baptism Of Fire – Years Between the Wars; The Defence of Britain; Rehearsal for War; The Middle East & Syria; The Western Desert; North West Africa; Salerno & Anzio; Monte Cassino; The Fall of Monte Cassino; Piedimonte to Florence; The Battle of Croce; Final Victory.
Published in London by Samson Low.1949. First Edition. Hardback. No dust jacket. 8 ¾” x 6” (22cm x 15cm). xvi, 320pp. Blue cloth covered boards, gold titles to spine. Forward by Major-General J. F. Harter, D.S.O., M.C., Index, Appendices (Roll Of Honour, and Honours & Awards). Photographic illustrations and Maps (including within and to the endpapers). Colour frontis. Condition: Used. Good+. Rubbed, tho clean boards; Sharp corners; Spotted outer edges. Inside: No inscriptions, annotations or tears; Clean, bright and tight. No Dust Jacket.
Overall Condition: Good+