Russell Phillips
Autor de A Fleet in Being: Austro-Hungarian Warships of WWI
Obras de Russell Phillips
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 20th Century
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Biografía breve
- Russell Phillips is an award-winning author of military technology and history. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, he has lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. His articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers’ Journal. He has been interviewed for the American edition of The Voice of Russia. He currently lives in Stoke-on-Trent with his wife and two children.
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Miembros
- 61
- Popularidad
- #274,234
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 23
When British forces landed on the island in 1942, the enemy they faced wasn't German, Japanese or even Italian, this time the opposing forces were French.
Concerned that Japan might use Madagascar as a strategic base to disrupt the supply line to India, Britain was keen to take control of the island. However, the Vichy forces were keen to defend the French colony and prevent it becoming part of the British Empire.
A Strange Campaign: The Battle for Madagascar gives a detailed account of this fascinating but little-known period of military history. Even at the time, the conflict was a controversial one, pitting two colonial empires against each other.
However, it was also ground-breaking as it was the first time Allied forces had staged a major amphibious...… (más)