Patrol
Apr 2020 · Imperial War Museum Wartime Classics Book 5 · Imperial War Museum
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1943, the North African desert. Major Tim Sheldon, exhausted and battle weary, is asked to carry out a futile and unexpected patrol mission. Fred Majdalany’s intimate, tense novel puts this so-called minor mission centre stage, as over the course of the day and during the patrol itself, Sheldon reminisces about his time as a soldier, his own future, and what it means to confront fear.
1943, the North African desert. Major Tim Sheldon, exhausted and battle weary, is asked to carry out a futile and unexpected patrol mission. Fred Majdalany’s intimate, tense novel puts this so-called minor mission centre stage, as over the course of the day and during the patrol itself, Sheldon r...
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Fred Majdalany was born in Manchester and worked as a journalist and theatre publicist before the outbreak of the Second World War, where he served in North Africa and Italy and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he continued his work as a journalist and wrote several books on military history. Alan Jeffreys is a curator at the Imperial War Museum and is an expert on tactics and training for jungle warfare and the British Army in the Far East during World War II.
Fred Majdalany was born in Manchester and worked as a journalist and theatre publicist before the outbreak of the Second World War, where he served in North Africa and Italy and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he continued his work as a journalist and wrote several books on military...
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