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Red Devils

The Trailblazers of the Parachute Regiment in World War Two: An Authorized History

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Written by: Mark Urban
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A gripping authorised history of the daring 'Red Devils', the trailblazers of the parachute regiment.

The Parachute Regiment is Britain's elite airborne infantry. On the 80th anniversary of their first crucial campaign, in Operation Torch in North Africa, historian and broadcaster Mark Urban combines perspectives from German and British sources to tell the gripping stories of the men who had the resilience, fitness and self-reliance to be "Red Devils"—the name they were given by their German enemies.

The Paras comprised everyone from circus performers to solicitors, policemen to gravediggers, Christian Jews and communists. From recently-widowed Colonel Geoffrey Pine-Coffin, who had to leave his little boy to head to the front, to Mike Lewis, whose photographs became iconic images of war; from those who survived to those who longed for "a bloodbath" and died in action; Urban brings life to these men and their experiences, exploring what drove them and covering their daring actions at D-Day, Arnhem and across the Second World War.

Based on deep archival research and new material from the men's families, and giving overdue recognition to the North African campaign, this compelling account paints a true and moving picture of the heart of war.

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©2022 Mark Urban (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Armed Forces Wars & Conflicts World War II Military War
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tiring

narrator is tiring and reads like a children's book. exhausting to listen to and the text bounces around and back and forth between topics and background info. it's ok because it's free, otherwise low quality unexpected from Penguin History unfortunately.

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