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'''Fred Majdalany''' (1913-1967) was a British soldier, author and journalist.
'''Fred Majdalany''' (1913-1967) was a British soldier, author and journalist.


Majdalany enlisted in the [[British Army]] at the outbreak of war in 1939, and was commissioned into the [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] in 1940. He went on the serve wih the 2nd Battalion, rising to the rank of Major in the Lancashire Fusiliers (11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Division) in North Africa and Italy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Imperial War Museum |title=Private Papers of Major F Majdalany |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030003388}}</ref> where he was awarded the [[Military Cross|Military Cross.]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=31HbDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PR5&vq=military%20cross&pg=PR5#v=snippet&q=military%20cross&f=false |title=Patrol |date=2020-04-23 |publisher=Imperial War Museum |isbn=978-1-912423-24-8 |language=en}}</ref>
Majdalany enlisted in the [[British Army]] at the outbreak of war in 1939, and was commissioned into the [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] in 1940. He went on the serve wih the 2nd Battalion, rising to the rank of Major in the Lancashire Fusiliers (11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Division) in North Africa and Italy,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Imperial War Museum |title=Private Papers of Major F Majdalany |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030003388}}</ref> where he was awarded the [[Military Cross|Military Cross.]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31HbDwAAQBAJ&q=military%20cross&pg=PR5 |title=Patrol |date=2020-04-23 |publisher=Imperial War Museum |isbn=978-1-912423-24-8 |language=en}}</ref>


After the war, he went back to writing, publishing works of fiction based on his experiences such as The Monastery (1946)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=The Monastery |date=1946 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin company |year=1946 |location=London |language=English}}</ref> and Patrol (1953)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=Patrol |date=1953 |publisher=LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO |year=1953 |edition=1st |location=London |publication-date=1953 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=William |date=2020-05-13 |title=How the Second World War was written |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2020/05/how-second-world-war-was-written |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>, as well historical accounts of major battles and campaigns including Cassino: Portrait of a Battle (1957)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ie8-0AEACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Cassino: a portrait of a battle |date=1957 |publisher=Longmans, Green |language=en}}</ref>, The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand (1965)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand |date=1965 |publisher=J. B. Lippincott & Co. |edition=1st |location=USA |publication-date=1965}}</ref>, and The Fall of Fortress Europe (1969)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkpyQgAACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=The Fall of Fortress Europe |date=1969 |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |isbn=978-0-340-04439-1 |language=en}}</ref>.
After the war, he went back to writing, publishing works of fiction based on his experiences such as The Monastery (1946)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=The Monastery |date=1946 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin company |year=1946 |location=London |language=English}}</ref> and Patrol (1953)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=Patrol |date=1953 |publisher=LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO |year=1953 |edition=1st |location=London |publication-date=1953 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyd |first=William |date=2020-05-13 |title=How the Second World War was written |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2020/05/how-second-world-war-was-written |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref>, as well historical accounts of major battles and campaigns including Cassino: Portrait of a Battle (1957)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ie8-0AEACAAJ |title=Cassino: a portrait of a battle |date=1957 |publisher=Longmans, Green |language=en}}</ref>, The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand (1965)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |title=The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand |date=1965 |publisher=J. B. Lippincott & Co. |edition=1st |location=USA |publication-date=1965}}</ref>, and The Fall of Fortress Europe (1969)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Majdalany |first=Fred |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkpyQgAACAAJ |title=The Fall of Fortress Europe |date=1969 |publisher=Hodder and Stoughton |isbn=978-0-340-04439-1 |language=en}}</ref>.


== References ==
== References ==

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Fred Majdalany (1913-1967) was a British soldier, author and journalist.

Majdalany enlisted in the British Army at the outbreak of war in 1939, and was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1940. He went on the serve wih the 2nd Battalion, rising to the rank of Major in the Lancashire Fusiliers (11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Division) in North Africa and Italy,[1] where he was awarded the Military Cross.[2]

After the war, he went back to writing, publishing works of fiction based on his experiences such as The Monastery (1946)[3] and Patrol (1953)[4][5], as well historical accounts of major battles and campaigns including Cassino: Portrait of a Battle (1957)[6], The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand (1965)[7], and The Fall of Fortress Europe (1969)[8].

References[edit]

  1. ^ Imperial War Museum. "Private Papers of Major F Majdalany".
  2. ^ Majdalany, Fred (2020-04-23). Patrol. Imperial War Museum. ISBN 978-1-912423-24-8.
  3. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1946). The Monastery. London: Houghton Mifflin company.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1953). Patrol (1st ed.). London: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Boyd, William (2020-05-13). "How the Second World War was written". New Statesman. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  6. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1957). Cassino: a portrait of a battle. Longmans, Green.
  7. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1965). The Battle of El Alamein: Fortress in the Sand (1st ed.). USA: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  8. ^ Majdalany, Fred (1969). The Fall of Fortress Europe. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-04439-1.
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