This is an auction for HORROCKS: THE GENERAL WHO LED FROM THE FRONT, by Philip Warner.

"Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks was a legend in his lifetime. He leapt to fame as a Brigade, Divisional and Corps Commander during WWII where his dashing style, good luck and easy manner won him respect and success. He was happiest in the front line and yet his victories in the field were hard won, be they in North Africa or NW Europe. By 1944 he was commanding 200,000 men of all Allied nations who did not agree on much else but all thought highly of him."

From Wikipedia:

"Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1895 – 1985) was a senior British Army officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War. He also served in the First World War and the Russian Civil War, was a prisoner of war twice, and competed in the 1924 Paris Olympics. In 1940 Horrocks commanded a battalion during the Battle of France, the first time he served under Bernard Montgomery, the most prominent British commander of the war. Montgomery later identified Horrocks as one of his most able officers, appointing him to corps commands in both North Africa and Europe. Since 1945, Horrocks has been regarded by some as one of the most successful British generals of the war, "a man who really led, a general who talked to everyone, down to the simplest private soldier". Eisenhower called him "the outstanding British general under Montgomery"..."

Hardback 1984.

195 pages + 16 pages of photographs.

Ex library, but still good condition.

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There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

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