Surgeon at Arms: Parachuting Into Arnhem with the First Airbornes

by Lipmann Kessel and John Kessel, Lipmann, St John

Book Overview

Surgeon at Arms is without doubt one of the most interesting and dramatic personal memoirs to come out of the Second World War. The author, a surgeon, was parachuted into Arnhem with the First Airborne Division. His professional skill was at once tested to the limit and the modest detachment with which he describes serious operations performed under appalling conditions would alone be enough to merit the reissue of the book. But of equal significance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184884591X
• ISBN13: 9781848845916
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"