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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in excellent condition. Pull out maps present. Name and address written in front. 1952 first edition. No notes or highlighting. Best copy of this book I have seen. No dustcover. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> I SET out to write the story of the 43rd (Wessex) Division primarily for the benefit of those who fought with it during the campaign in North-west Europe. Now that I have finished I realize that I have in addition almost inadvertently evolved a character-study of its Commander. The truth is that the influence of his original mind and dynamic drive was so great that any account of the Division’s battles would lack colour and life if he were treated merely as a highly efficient military calculating-machine. I hope I have given no offence. After all who am I to judge? I am greatly indebted to the War Office for the facilities lavishly and promptly placed at my disposal by the Officer in Charge of Records Droitwich; and for the loan of invaluable material and maps to the Commandant of the Staff College Camberley; to Headquarters B.A.O.R; to the Director Imperial War Museum; to the Canadian Army Liaison Establishment; and to General Sir Miles Dempsey. (SP)