9780821414309 - Soldiers, Airmen, Spies, and Whisperers: The Gold Coast in World War II von Lawler, Nancy Ellen (4 Ergebnisse)

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Gold Coast became important to the Allied war effort in WWII, necessitating the creation of elaborate propaganda and espionage networks, the activities of which ranged from rumor-mongering to smuggling and sabotage.

Zustand: New. The Gold Coast became important to the Allied war effort in WWII, necessitating the creation of elaborate propaganda and espionage networks, the activities of which ranged from rumor-mongering to smuggling and sabotage.&Uumlber den Autor.

Hardcover. Zustand: . ~ [TEMPORARY REDUCTION SALE: 30-40% OFF THE REGULAR PRICE] ~ (illustrator). 1st Edition. BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xxvi, 286. Plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations, bound in the text in two suites. With halftone frontispiece, 30 halftone illustrations, 3 full-page maps; notes, bibliography, index. HARDCOVER, pale red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket. ~ FIRST EDITION. Describes how the Gold Coast Regiment, denuded of battalions fighting in East Africa, was rapidly expanded to meet the threat of invasion when in June 1940 the fall of France left the Gold Coast surrounded by potentially hostile French colonies that had rejected de Gaulle's call to continue the fight. Important reading for understanding what was happening in Africa during World War II. Q-3.