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Rossano - a Valley in Flames : An Adventure of the Italian Resistance by Gordon Lett (2011, Hardcover)

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PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited

ISBN-101848326211

ISBN-139781848326217

eBay Product ID (ePID)103146893

Product Key Features

Book TitleRossano-A Valley in Flames : an Adventure of the Italian Resistance

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Italy, Military / World War II

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorGordon Lett

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-371666

Dewey Decimal940.5345

SynopsisIn July 1942, Major Gordon Lett was taken prisoner at the fall of Tobruk. After fourteen months in the notorious prison camps at Bari and Chieti, he escaped at the Armistice of September 1943 from the camp at Veano and took to the mountains above the Cisa Pass. Rather than return to England, he founded and led an entirely non-political band of highly-successful partisans, the Battaglione Internazionale. The group fought and harassed the Brigate Nere and the Germans along the Magra valley from North of Pontremoli to La Spezia for 18 months. They were so influential to the success of the Allied advance that permanent lines of communication with the Allies were established, supplies dropped by air and, later, SAS troops sent in to assist the Brigade. 500 Allied troops escaped to safety via Rossano. In the first few months of peace, Lett became a liaison officer of No 1 Special Force, SOE and twice crossed the lines. He was the first Allied officer to enter La Spezia in April 1945, together with the partisans. He was awarded the DSO for his services and received the Medaglia Argento al valor militare from the Italian government. Today there is still a strong bond between many of those mentioned in the book and the Lett family. This edition of the work includes a foreword by Freya Stark., In July 1942, Major Gordon Lett was taken prisoner at the fall of Tobruk. After his escape, rather than return to England, he founded and led an entirely non-political band of highly-successful partisans, the Battaglione Internazionale. Today there is still a strong bond between many of those mentioned in the book and the Lett family.

LC Classification NumberD802.I82R775 2011