From Saddle to Parachute Captain Jerzy Z. Fijalkowski-Bereda |
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| Author:
| Kochan, Gerald |
| Editor:
| Kochan, Gerald |
| ISBN: | 979-8-9868702-0-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2022 |
| Publisher: | Center for Military Studies
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
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Book Description:
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The military service of Captain Bereda spanned the first shots of WW2 until the disbanding of Polish Forces in the West in 1949. Starting the war as a cavalry cadet officer, he ended his service as one of the highest decorated soldiers of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade. During Operation Market-Garden, a campaign immortalized in film and book as a "Bridge Too Far", he earned his nation's highest military award, the Virtuti Militari Medal. This book presents through the...
More DescriptionThe military service of Captain Bereda spanned the first shots of WW2 until the disbanding of Polish Forces in the West in 1949. Starting the war as a cavalry cadet officer, he ended his service as one of the highest decorated soldiers of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade. During Operation Market-Garden, a campaign immortalized in film and book as a "Bridge Too Far", he earned his nation's highest military award, the Virtuti Militari Medal. This book presents through the personal photos of Captain Bereda a series of glimpses into the man that official records could never achieve alone. It presents the human side of a warrior fighting in exile for to which he would be unable to return.