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With the SAS: Across the Rhine - Into the Heart of Hitler's Third Reich (Hardcover)
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With the SAS: Across the Rhine - Into the Heart of Hitler's Third Reich (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R520
Discovery Miles 5 200
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With the SAS: Across the Rhine is the story of the latter part of
Captain Ian Wellsted's military career with the Special Air
Service, the first part of which was detailed in his well-received
SAS: With the Maquis. This is a very personal account, revealing
the many emotional as well as physical strains placed upon men in
the fighting line. The author takes us back to his time employed
with the 79th Armoured Division (the famous 'Hobart's Funnies')
preparing for D-Day and his desire for more exciting action, which
led first to the Parachute Regiment and then the SAS. Whilst we
learn a little of his time with the maquis, the main focus of the
story is his part in Operation Archway. A British special forces
mission which involved the 1st and 2nd Special Air Service
Regiments acting in support of the advance of Field Marshal Sir
Bernard Montgomery's Allied 21st Army Group in operations Varsity
and Plunder, this crossing of the Rhine was one of the largest and
most diverse operations ever carried out by the SAS. In this
offensive, the SAS teams were thrust deep into German territory,
often having to battle their way through the enemy lines to get
back to safety. 'I quickly learned that there was no way to control
an SAS battle,' Wellsted wrote of his first major encounter in
charge of a patrol. 'The din was deafening - seventy odd Vickers
and half a dozen Brownings all chattering together. The screech of
ricochets and the fire of the enemy made my voice sound like the
squeak of a mouse against a church organ. I was helpless.' In one
of these encounters, as the war was drawing to a close, Wellsted's
troop found itself surrounded. In the ensuing firefight, Wellsted
was wounded, bringing his active front line career to an end.
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