Rifleman: a front-line life
Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following service in the western desert and at the battle of Alamein, he joined the Parachute Regiment and in September 1944 found hims...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following service in the western desert and at the battle of Alamein, he joined the Parachute Regiment and in September 1944 found himself at the battle of Arnhem. When the paratroopers were forced to withdraw, Gregg was captured |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Foreword
ix
Maps
xii
PART ONE
I
The Early Years
3
2
The Concrete Playground
6
3
Out of the Rough
II
4
Growing up in Bloomsbury
17
5
The King s Shilling
23
6
Goodbye England
27
7
India
30
8
Palestine
35
PART TWO
9
Eggwhite
41
IO
Under Pressure
47
II
Beda Fomm: A Different Form of Killing
51
12
We Meet the
Herrenvolk
56
ІЗ
The First Failure
59
14
South Africa
63
15
Crusader
67
Іб
The Cloak and Dagger Stuff
72
17
The Libyan Arab Force Commando
76
i8
The Long Range Desert Group
81
19
Back in the Fold
84
20
Operation Breakthrough
87
21
El Alamein: The Butcher
s Shop
Opens for Business
90
22
Snipe:
2nd
RB Open the Gate
94
23
I Become a Birdman
102
24
Sicily and Italy
109
25
Learning the Hard Way
112
2 6
Home at Last
118
27
Market Garden
125
28
The Witches Cauldron:
Der Hexenkessel
13З
29
In the Cage
136
30
The Work Camp
142
31
Introducing an Honest Man
147
32
The Trial Run
151
3 3
The Second Day
154
34
Life in Dresden
158
35
Thunderclap
164
36
The
Uppercut
171
37
The Hammer Blow
174
38
It s All Over Now
178
39
Demobilised
181
PART THREE
40
Coming to Grips with Life
187
41
I Become a Red, but not Under the Bed
194
42
The Moscow Narodny Bank
200
43
An Enemy of the State
210
44
A Minor Role in the Great Game
212
45
The Final Cut
225
46
I Get My Comeuppance
229
47
The Handover
236
48
The Magyar Experience
246
49 1988:
Free at Last
251
50
Time Expired
258
Afterword
260
Acknowledgements
262
Index
265
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