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2 y separately published work icon Hiroshima Reef Eric Lambert , ( trans. Vladimir Varecha with title Ostrov Fulakona ) Prague : Nase Vojsko , 1971 Z1177445 1967 single work novel
8 11 y separately published work icon The Twenty Thousand Thieves Eric Lambert , 1951 ( trans. Vladimir Varecha with title Dvacet Tisic Zlodeju ) Prague : Nase Vojsko , 1965 Z471118 1951 single work novel war literature

'Their officers called them a stinking, lazy, drunken rabble and their friends said they took the colonel prisoner, burnt down their officers' mess and drove off the military police with heavy rifle-fire. This is the unforgettable story of the gallant men of the A.I.F.: the fearless and fatalistic Diggers of the Western Desert.

'Twenty thousand men were on their way to the deserts of Egypt and Libya: some had joined up for adventure, some were on the run from the police, for others, the army meant three meals a day and a bed to sleep in. From an induction camp in Australia to the siege of Tobruk, the savage intensity of Second X Battalion's experiences is not for the faint hearted. How soon will death silence so many of these brave voices and how many will ring out beyond the brutality of the battlefield?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Head of Zeus ed.)
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