Fortune favours the brave-the Battle of the Hook Korea, 1953 / by A.J. Barker.
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TextPublication details: London : Cooper, 1974.Description: xviii, 170 p, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill, plans, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0850521084
- 951.9/042 18
- DS918 .B24
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-165) and index.
Battle order -- Fighting front -- The bloody Hook -- The fight for information -- Preliminary probe -- The prisoner predicts -- Build-up -- Many enemies, much honour -- The third battle for the Hook -- The opening of the tombs.
Details two costly battles fought along a Korean ridge known as "the Hook" in 1952 and 1953. Both involved British infantry battalions of 29 Commonwealth Brigade, the Black Watch Regiment and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
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