BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Escape of the Amethyst
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693874
693874
Escape of the Amethyst
Author: C. E. Lucas Phillips
Year: 2021
Number of pages: 263
Format: EPUB | PDF CONV
File size: 2,3 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2021
Number of pages: 263
Format: EPUB | PDF CONV
File size: 2,3 MB
Language: ENG
The astounding true story of the ordeal and escape of the British frigate Amethyst from Chinese Communist batteries in the Yangtze River in April 1949. Ideal for readers of Giles Milton, Maurice Buckmaster and Ben Macintyre. In the early morning of 20th April 1949, HMS Amethyst was fulfilling orders to travel to Nanking to stand guard for the British Embassy during the height of the Chinese Civil War when she was fired upon by guns from the riverbank.