In no man's land

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Translation of the second Italian edition of "In terra di nessuno : gli ufficiali italiani con i reggimenti alleati " published in 2006. First Italian edition published 1994. The second edition contains book reviews and facsimiles of letters received after the publication of the first edition

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Presentation copy signed by the author

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Subtitle of Italian editions: The Italian officers with the Allied Regiments in the Italian Campaign, 1943-45

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The author was an Italian liaison officer attached to the 8th Indian Division during the Second World War. At the end of the war he served as a camp deputy, first at the Servigliano Camp for displaced persons and then Bagnoli Camp, Naples - a transit camp for Operation Keelhaul

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Creator: BOSIS, ALESSANDRO CORTESE DE (Author)
NARRATIVA STORICA : COLLANA COLLECTION (Author)
International Communications (Publisher)
Production date: 2007
Place made: Roma
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: 269p.: ill. (1 col.), facsims., maps (1 col.), ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 07 / 2233

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