'Strafer' The Desert General : the life and times of Lt. Gen. W.E. Gott CB, CBE, DSO, MC
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Selected by Churchill to command 8th Army in 1942, in place of the sacked Auchinleck, 'Strafer' Gott was targeted by German intelligence as he flew to Cairo to take up his new post. Six ME109s intercepted his aircraft and, after shooting it down, deliberately obliterated the crash scene killing Gott in the process. As a result Montgomery was given his chance to command and the rest is history. This book tells of Strafer's exceptional talents, meteoric career and record of gallantry.
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Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
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224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781781590904 (hbk)
Dewey class:
B GOT355.331092
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English
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1847693
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