The Impossible Victory : A Personal Account of the Battle for the River Po

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Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 202pp., Appendices, Index. Illustrated throughout with photographs and one map. First British edition. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. “The battle for the River Po in April 1945, was not just the climactic battle of the Italian Campaign. It brought about the first major surrender of German forces to the Western Allies at a time when, as Churchill said, it could be singled out as a most remarkable victory. Nearly a million enemy laid down their arms.” A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

Additional information

ISBN

0718301277

Book Author

Harpur, Brian

Publisher

William Kimber

Publish Year

Publish Place

Londion

Size

8vo – over 7¾" – 9¾" tall

Book Condition

Jacket Condition

Binding Type

Hardcover

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