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Leakey's Luck - A Tank Commander with Nine Lives (Paperback, 3rd edition) Loot Price: R359
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Leakey's Luck - A Tank Commander with Nine Lives (Paperback, 3rd edition): George Forty

Leakey's Luck - A Tank Commander with Nine Lives (Paperback, 3rd edition)

George Forty

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Major General Rea Leakey was one of the Royal Tank Regiment's greatest heroes of the Second World War. As a young tank commander, he fought Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Western Desert of Egypt, before becoming trapped for six months in the siege of Tobruk and temporarily joining the Australian infantry as an honorary Lance Corporal. He later returned to the European theatre in 1944 and served as a Churchill tank commander in Normandy, the Rhine and Germany. Despite it being strictly forbidden, Leakey kept a diary throughout his soldiering career. Based on this valuable account, Leakey's Luck documents Leakey's wartime service in its entirety, and offers a view of the war through the eyes of a man who was there at the 'sharp end'. Many of his exploits were hair-raising, some even too fantastic to believe. Incredibly, Leakey's luck held out throughout the war, and he remained in the British Army until retirement in 1968.

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Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2022
First published: 2022
Editors: George Forty
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Edition: 3rd edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-80399-047-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military
Books > Fiction > True stories > War / combat / elite forces > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
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LSN: 1-80399-047-3
Barcode: 9781803990477

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