Captain Gerald Fitzpatrick: 2 books
Ditched in Burma
No Mandalay, No Maymyo, 79 Survive
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
From a humble Anglo-Irish background, and an intense engineering apprenticeship; – in October 1939, aged 20, Gerald Fitzpatrick, joined the British Army. Following service of twelve months, as a RE Sapper, he was commissioned into the Infantry. Whilst undergoing Officer Cadet training, at Folkestone...
by Captain Gerald Fitzpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This book seeks to lay bare the flawed and incompetent decision of all those in military command and in Whitehall that resulted in the most catastrophic of all British army withdrawals.
Forces Catholic Gazette
A largely unknown battle for survival, which led to outstanding...