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Arthur Swinson (1915–1970)

Autor de Incursiones fuerzas de choque del desierto

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Nombre legal
Swinson, Arthur Horace
Otros nombres
Swinson, Arthur
Fecha de nacimiento
1915
Fecha de fallecimiento
1970
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Lugares de residencia
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Educación
St. Albans School
Ocupaciones
soldier (British Army Officer)
playwright
author
Organizaciones
British Army
BBC
Biografía breve
Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, Swinson attended St Albans School. He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade in 1939 and in 1940 was commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment. With the Worcestershire Regiment he fought at Kohima. The diaries he kept during the battle are now lodged in the Imperial War Museum. He served until 1946, with postings in Malaya, Burma, Assam and India[1] during World War II. He served at Kohima, India. He subsequently became a writer and producer at the BBC where he produced a number of programmes for Richard Attenborough.

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A great book written by one who was there in the thick of it. Great detail
As you would expect from one who was there he also gets D.I.S. Correct,
It’s Daily Issue Store - not Detail Issue Store
 
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belfastbob | Mar 31, 2022 |
This is a pedestrian analysis of British India's Afghanistan problem. It is a good fact book, and a clear framework to organize more focused accounts.
½
 
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DinadansFriend | Aug 4, 2014 |
The real story of the grounding of the s.s. Politician, immortalised in the novel of Compton Mackenzie and an Ealing Comedy film.
 
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Derek_Law | Oct 3, 2012 |

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Obras
22
Miembros
359
Popularidad
#66,805
Valoración
½ 3.5
Reseñas
3
ISBNs
27
Idiomas
3

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