From Omaha to the Scheldt
Subtitle: the story of 47 Royal Marine Commando
By: John O. Forfar.
Publisher: Tuckwell
Published: 2001
Place of publication: East Linton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Forfar, John O.; Great Britain. Royal Marines. Royal Marine Commando, 47 -- History.; Great Britain. Royal Marines -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Great Britain.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.; Physicians -- Scotland -- Biography.
Genres: Personal narratives, British.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 388-389) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Soldiers and Sailors Too, But What Role?; title: 2 The Creation of a Commando; title: S The Shetland Bus; title: 4 D-Day: the Battle for Port-en-Bessin - and the Life-Blood; title: of an Army; title: 5 But Our Patrols Are Out': Battles and Brinkmanship at the; title: Border of the Bridgehead; title: 6 A Royal Rescue and a Despot's Demise; title: 7 The Great Chase: From the Dives to Dozul6, Duelair and; title: Dunkirk; title: 8 The Battle for Walcheren - Five Miles of the 'Atlantic Wall'; title: 9 The Cross at Kleine Valkenisse; title: 10 From Bondage to Freedom - A Wartime Citizen of; title: Walcheren, by Harry H. Schat; title: 11 Holding the Thin Line on the Maas; title: 12 The Battle for Kapelsche Veer - Death on the Dyke; title: 1I Return to Walcheren; title: 14 On the Beveland Bus - The Storm Blows Out on the Roompot; title: 15 The Dishoek Affair; title: 16 Counting the Cost; title: 17 Human Dimensions; title: Bibliography; title: Index.