Description
Product ID: | 9780755360840 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | George Cross Heroes |
Authors: | Author: Michael Ashcroft |
Page Count: | 480 |
Subjects: | Military history, Military history, Military institutions, Memorials & rolls of honour, United Kingdom, Great Britain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The latest in Lord Ashcroft's bestselling 'heroes' series tells the stories of all 159 recipients of the George Cross since 1940. In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield. |
Imprint Name: | Headline Review |
Publisher Name: | Headline Publishing Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-06-09 |