VCs OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR JOHN FRAYN TURNER LEO COOPER LTD 2004 1st edition. 24 x 16 cm. x + 309 pp + b/w photo plates. HB/DJ This is the first book to contain the true story of every single recipient of the Victoria Cross during the period 1939-1945. During these six years of continuous conflict world-wide only a total of 182 medals, each inscribed with the simple words For Valour, were granted; 23 for action at sea, 32 to airmen and 127 for courage on land. Tragically many of the individuals concerned never lived to learn of the accolade granted to them. Sixty years on, a few of the names are still widely known, like Guy Gibson of 'Dambuster' fame and Leonard Cheshire, but readers of this very special book will agree that all should be. To pick out three is difficult, if not invidious, but Company Sergeant Major Stan Hollis, the only VC on D-Day - 6 June 1944, James Nicholson, remarkably the only recipient during the Battle of Britain, and David Wanklyn, the submariner supreme, are good examples of the type of heroes who feature on every page. As these stories of bravery are unfolded, they reveal varied exploits of inspiring individual actions. Often part of larger-scale operations, the book becomes a chronological cross-section of the crucial British and Commonwealth contribution to the war as a whole from Norway; the battle of Britain; North Africa; the Battle of the Atlantic; the Burma campaign; the Mediterranean submarine war; the air assault on Germany; Normandy; and finally to victory in Europe and the Far East. As one marvels at the courage of these men who were prepared to risk all for their comrades and the cause of freedom, it is worth reflecting that for every VC winner there were hundreds, nay thousands, of men - and women - who did likewise without recognition.

VCs OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

JOHN FRAYN TURNER

LEO COOPER LTD
2004

First edition.
This is the first book to contain the true story of every single recipient of the Victoria Cross during the period 1939-1945. During these six years of continuous conflict world-wide only a total of 182 medals, each inscribed with the simple words For Valour, were granted; 23 for action at sea, 32 to airmen and 127 for courage on land. Tragically many of the individuals concerned never lived to learn of the accolade granted to them.

Sixty years on, a few of the names are still widely known, like Guy Gibson of 'Dambuster' fame and Leonard Cheshire, but readers of this very special book will agree that all should be. To pick out three is difficult, if not invidious, but Company Sergeant Major Stan Hollis, the only VC on D-Day - 6 June 1944, James Nicholson, remarkably the only recipient during the Battle of Britain, and David Wanklyn, the submariner supreme, are good examples of the type of heroes who feature on every page.

As these stories of bravery are unfolded, they reveal varied exploits of inspiring individual actions. Often part of larger-scale operations, the book becomes a chronological cross-section of the crucial British and Commonwealth contribution to the war as a whole from Norway; the battle of Britain; North Africa; the Battle of the Atlantic; the Burma campaign; the Mediterranean submarine war; the air assault on Germany; Normandy; and finally to victory in Europe and the Far East.

As one marvels at the courage of these men who were prepared to risk all for their comrades and the cause of freedom, it is worth reflecting that for every VC winner there were hundreds, nay thousands, of men - and women - who did likewise without recognition.

24 x 16 cm. x + 309 pp + b/w photo plates.

Fine condition, as new.




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