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Nicholas van der Bijl’s Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldier’s account of the 1982 Falkland Islands campaign.
Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBE
Covering the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands, the author’s fascinating and objective approach to the conflict describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both British and Argentine combatants.
Featuring interviews with participants and details of all the major actions of the campaign, Nine Battles to Stanley offers fresh information and insight into the conflict’s best-known battles, including at Goose Green—where Col. H. Jones won his VC) and the night attack on Mount Tumbledown.
Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson CB, OBE
Covering the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands, the author’s fascinating and objective approach to the conflict describes the experiences, view points and comparative qualities of both British and Argentine combatants.
Featuring interviews with participants and details of all the major actions of the campaign, Nine Battles to Stanley offers fresh information and insight into the conflict’s best-known battles, including at Goose Green—where Col. H. Jones won his VC) and the night attack on Mount Tumbledown.
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4.0
2 reviews
Michael Squires
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February 6, 2016
Good read. Some editing glitches.
About the author
Nick van der Bijl BEM spent 25 years, most in the Intelligence Corps between 1970 and 1989. Since retiring from the Army, he has pursued a career in security management in the defence industry, courier sector and the NHS. He is a Trustee of the Military Intelligence Museum. He has numerous published works in print with Pen & Sword Books including Nine Battles to Stanley, Victory in the Falklands, Confrontation, Operation BANNER and Sharing the Secret, A History of the Intelligence Corps.
He lives in Somerset.
He lives in Somerset.
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