The last para
Humphreys, John2024
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John Humphreys was just a boy soldier in the Royal Engineers when war was declared in 1939. By the war's end he had jumped into Arnhem with the Parachute Regiment to spearhead the attack on the bridge. For days Humphreys and the rest of his squad held on, outnumbered and outgunned by the German army fighting to the last bullet and refusing to surrender. But the Bridge Too Far is only the climax of Humphreys' remarkable war. Twice captured as a prisoner of war, he twice escaped from the enemy to make his way back to Allied lines in order to rejoin the fight. Aged 101, Humphreys began to pen his extraordinary story, with the help of bestselling author and former paratrooper Stuart Tootal.
Main title:
The last para / John Humphreys with Stuart Tootal.
Author:
Humphreys, John, authorTootal, Stuart, author
Imprint:
UK : Michael Joseph, 2024.
Collation:
xvi, 412 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780241686324 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.548141940.548141 HUM940.548
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3863961