Julian Paget: 2 books
Crusading General
The Life of General Sir Bernard Paget GCB DSO MC
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2009
Bernard Paget enjoyed a hugely successful military career which culminated in his top level appointments in WW2. As C-in-C Home Forces and the C-in-C 21st Army Group he was responsible for preparing the Army for the long awaited Second Front in Europe in 1944. To his lasting chagrin he was not to...
Second to None
The History of the Coldstream Guards 1650 – 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2000
Familiar to tourists at Buckingham Palace, the Coldstream Guards are also a fully operational combat unit. The regiment played a key role at Blenheim and Waterloo, fought at Monmouth in the American Revolution, served in both World Wars and is frequently deployed on short notice to the world's trouble...