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Major Cotterell at Arnhem : a war crime and a mystery

by Jennie Gray

This account details the career of British Army journalist Anthony Cotterell, who disappeared after his capture at Arnhem in 1944. It documents his wartime reporting and the subsequent three-year search for him by his family and international war crimes commissions.

Accession 12896 ISBN 9780752479804 Publisher Spellmount
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