The Last of the War Horses : Polish Cavalry Against Hitler's Tanks Organising Underground Resistance , the Allied campaign in Italy , an Epic Account of Heroism

Author(s): Rudnicki, Klemes Stanislaw

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	Yes
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Bachman and Turner
Publication Year:	1974
Publication Place:	London, UK
Book ID:	013028
Catalogue(s):	War, Military History and Weapons

226pp, 8pp black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head and front bottom corner. Top text block edges starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirroring book damage, not price clipped. 8vo. A first-hand account of historical events, as lived through by a Polish Colonel, starting with the period leading up to the outbreak of war, through his command of the 9th Lancers in the field, the military defeat of Poland, and of every hardship he encounters from that moment on, including being taken prisoner by the Germans and later his incarceration in a Soviet prison.

Keywords:

Poland War Second World War Hitler Cavalry Horses War Horses