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Thailand's Secret War: OSS, SOE and the Free Thai Underground During World War II
By E. Bruce Reynolds
Albanian Assignment
By David Smiley
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<blockquote data-quote="walter jones" data-source="post: 46658" data-attributes="member: 28010"><p><strong>Rsr</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought I would get in touch because I noticed interest in the RSR. My Grandfather was Walter Jones. He served in the RSR - Raiding Support Regiment during World War 2. Before he died he finished a book from the diaries that he meticulously wrote in every day during the war. Serving across many countries in the RSR, historians at the University of Plymouth kindly decided to publish his book. This book is just a small part of his writings and focusses only on the RSR in Yugoslavia, mainly on the island of Viz, as this has been a subject that has previously had very little written on it. </p><p>Thanks, Matt - <a href="mailto:matt.stewart1977@hotmail.co.uk">matt.stewart1977@hotmail.co.uk</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think many people know about his book or even know it exists. Be great if people get the opportunity to read this very accurate account. </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1841022861/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1841022861&linkCode=as2&tag=specialforces0a-21" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1841022861/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1841022861&linkCode=as2&tag=specialforces0a-21</a></p><p></p><p>The Second World War in Yugoslavia is an area neglected by historians and other commentators. This is perhaps surprising as Yugoslavia was the only country in Europe to be conquered by the Germans and then, later, to free itself solely as a result of guerilla activity. Other countries had to be liberated by Allied armies. The British played an important role in supporting the activities of Tito s guerilla army. This is the story of Walter Jones s service and the operations of the Raiding Support Regiment. A precursor to the modern SAS the Raiding Support Regiment fought alongside the commandos and Tito s partisan in Yugoslavia. Based on the Island of Vis in the Adriatic they provided heavy weapons support to British and partisan forces trying to drive the Germans out of Yugoslavia. Later they served in Albania and Italy. This is a brutally honest account of one man s service with the Regiment and a neglected period of European history. It documents the transformation of a young man into a combat veteran as he witnesses the effects of bombing, the deliberate killing of POWs and partisan savagery against those who transgress the partisan code</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walter jones, post: 46658, member: 28010"] [b]Rsr[/b] I thought I would get in touch because I noticed interest in the RSR. My Grandfather was Walter Jones. He served in the RSR - Raiding Support Regiment during World War 2. Before he died he finished a book from the diaries that he meticulously wrote in every day during the war. Serving across many countries in the RSR, historians at the University of Plymouth kindly decided to publish his book. This book is just a small part of his writings and focusses only on the RSR in Yugoslavia, mainly on the island of Viz, as this has been a subject that has previously had very little written on it. Thanks, Matt - [email]matt.stewart1977@hotmail.co.uk[/email] I don't think many people know about his book or even know it exists. Be great if people get the opportunity to read this very accurate account. [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1841022861/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1841022861&linkCode=as2&tag=specialforces0a-21[/url] The Second World War in Yugoslavia is an area neglected by historians and other commentators. This is perhaps surprising as Yugoslavia was the only country in Europe to be conquered by the Germans and then, later, to free itself solely as a result of guerilla activity. Other countries had to be liberated by Allied armies. The British played an important role in supporting the activities of Tito s guerilla army. This is the story of Walter Jones s service and the operations of the Raiding Support Regiment. A precursor to the modern SAS the Raiding Support Regiment fought alongside the commandos and Tito s partisan in Yugoslavia. Based on the Island of Vis in the Adriatic they provided heavy weapons support to British and partisan forces trying to drive the Germans out of Yugoslavia. Later they served in Albania and Italy. This is a brutally honest account of one man s service with the Regiment and a neglected period of European history. It documents the transformation of a young man into a combat veteran as he witnesses the effects of bombing, the deliberate killing of POWs and partisan savagery against those who transgress the partisan code [/QUOTE]
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