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This is the story of perhaps one of the British Army's least known regiments of World War Two - The General Headquarters Liaison Regiment, code-named PHANTOM. Every commander in the field or at rear headquarters needs to have up to the minute information of the battle to enable him to plan his strategy. Communication, or lack of it, can sometimes decide the outcome. One man had the foresight and inspirational thinking to realise this. Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Hopkinson served in France and Belgium in 1939/40 with the British Expeditionary Force until he was evacuated from Dunkirk. His experiences convinced him of the need for a special communication service. Immediately on his return to England, Hopkinson wasted no time in presenting his ideas to the War Office and the Ministry of Defence, and, with their approval, the General Headquarters Liaison Regiment, PHANTOM, was born. PHANTOM was to serve in many theatres of World War Two, in Greece, North Africa, Italy and the Mediterranean, and its role was to be of paramount importance in the liberation of Europe. When General Urquart was trapped at Arnhem in September 1944 it was the PHANTOM radio patrol serving with him that

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Author

ANDY PARLOUR, SUE PARLOUR

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction