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Captains of the Gates: Three Battles against the Odds Hardcover – 30 Mar. 2001
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Denis Blomfield-Smith
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In WWII the Channel Ports represented the gateway to England in 1940, Ruweisat Ridge in the Western Desert in 1942 that to Egypt, and Kohima in 1944 the gateway to India. Each of these battles were fought against great odds in every way. The author tells the stories of these little known battles that were crucial to the outcome of the war
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherRobert Hale Ltd
- Publication date30 Mar. 2001
- ISBN-100709068301
- ISBN-13978-0709068303
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- Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd (30 Mar. 2001)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0709068301
- ISBN-13 : 978-0709068303
- Best Sellers Rank: 4,933,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 35,341 in War Story Fiction
- 132,177 in Adventure Stories & Action
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