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Leo Cooper
PURE POETT
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Author: General Sir Nigel Poett KCB, DSO
Publisher: Leo Cooper
Year published: 1992
Pagination: 256pp, 12 illustrations
Condition: As new
Unread, storage wear only. General Sir Nigel Poett's recollections of life in the British Army, from his early pre WWII years in India and a way of life now long passed into history, to rapid promotion in World War II where he made his mark in airborne warfare. He commanded an Airborne Brigade parachuting into Normandy on D-Day, and then fighting his way from Caen to the Baltic. Post WWII he was Director of Military Operations at the War Office at the time of Suez, and later GOC Far East Land Forces. His career took him to India, the North West Frontier, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.