The desert generals

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator: BARNETT, CORRELLI (Author)
William Kimber (Publisher)
Production date: 1960
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: 320p., 16p. of plates ill., maps, plans, ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 42734

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