Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, “torn apart”.
| ISBN: | 9780007105939 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 2000 |
| Author: | George MacDonald Fraser |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Primary Genre | History |
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Life and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers with whom the author, then nineteen, served in the last great land campaign of World War II, when the 17th Black Cat Division captured a vital strongpoint deep in Japanese territory, held it against counter-attack and spearheaded the final assault in which the Japanese armies were, to quote General Slim, “torn apart”.
Quartered Safe Out Here features in the following genres: History, Military history, Military veterans, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, Specific battles, Asia, History and Archaeology, Other warfare and defence issues, Warfare and defence, Society and Social Sciences, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: general, Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Place qualifiers
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Quartered Safe Out Here was written by George MacDonald Fraser and published by HarperCollins Publishers