Ten thousand men of Africa the story of the Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners 1941-1946

Object details

Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: BENT, R.A.R. (Author)
HMSO for the Bechuanaland Government (Publisher)
Production date: 1952
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 23cm., Pagination: xii, 128p., fold. map
Catalogue number: LBY 29919

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