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Peter Young


Born
in London, England
July 28, 1915

Died
September 13, 1988

Genre
Memoir, Military History, Biography


Brigadier Peter Young, DSO, MC & 2 bars was a British soldier & WWII veteran. He served with the Commandos during that war, ultimately commanding a Brigade. After the war, he commanded a regiment on secondment to the Jordanian Arab Legion. After his retirement from the army, he became a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and eventually also a well-respected author of books on Military History, particularly with reference to the Second World War, the English Civil War & the Napoleonic Wars.

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The Israeli Campaign of 196...
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The English Civil War
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Illustrated World War II En...
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Commando (Ballantine's Illu...
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Bedouin Command: With the A...
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World Almanac Book of World...
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