The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps and Royal Corps of Transport, 1945-1982Beskrivelse af Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) og Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) i perioden 1945, ved slutningen af 2. Verdenskrig til og med december 1982. Opgaven for RASC, der fra juli 1965 blev benævnt RCT, har altid været transport af personel og materiel for de britiske væbnede styrker. I bogen gennemgås korpsets organisation og de enheder korpset opstiller samt transporttjeneste og logistisk støtte i øvrigt og de lande, hvor korpsets enheder har været indsat herunder den støtte, der er ydet til resp. britiske enheder. |
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