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Author: Paul Oldfield
Date: 29 Aug 2018
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Hardback::553 pages
ISBN10: 1473827116
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Dimension: 156x 234x 45.72mm::1,397.06g

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Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - Cambrai to the German Spring Offensive : 20th November 1917 to 7th April 1918

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