The frogmen: the story of the war-time underwater operators
- ISBN-10
- 0330104519
- ISBN-13
- 9780330104517
- Category
- Deep diving
- Pages
- 190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1950
- Publisher
- London : Pan Books
- Authors
- James Gleeson, Tom Waldron
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Other editions
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- 1966-01-01
- 156 pages
- Paperback
- Evans Brothers
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