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James Holland - Brothers in Arms (2nd Hand Hardback)
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Synopsis
Subtitled : One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day.
It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.
From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43 comes the untold story of the Sherwood Rangers It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in World War Two. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.
The Sherwood Rangers were one of the great tank regiments. They had learned their trade the hard way, in the burning deserts of North Africa. From D-Day onwards, they were in the thick of the action till the war's end. They and their Sherman tanks covered thousands of miles and endured some of the fiercest fighting in Western Europe. Their engagements stretch from the Normandy beaches to the bridges at Eindhoven. They were the first British unit into Germany, grinding across the Siegfried Line and on into the Nazi heartland.
Through compelling eye-witness testimony and James Holland's expert analysis, Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe and gives the most powerful account to date of what it was really like to fight in the dying days of World War Two.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Hardback with Dust Jacket
- Condition : Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - War & Civil War
- Published : 2021 (Bantam Press - 1st Edition & Author Signed)
- ISBN : 9781787633940 / Barcode : 2928377063832
- SKU : B003095
- PPC : SP700gm
- RRP : £25
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
Extremely well illustrated with maps & photographs.
External Reviews
'Seldom is war so vividly described . . . An assault on the senses . . . Painful to read, impossible to put down' - Gerard DeGroot, The Times.
'Epic and moving . . . Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life' - Patrick Bishop, Daily Telegraph.
"An intimate and harrowing portrayal of warfare." - Radio Times.
"Brothers in Arms does not disappoint . . . he has an eye for detail . . . He seemingly incorporates technical information about tanks and anti-tank weapons so that we get a feel for how men interacted with the technology of war . . . likewise, amid the numbers that demarcate hills of military deployments, Holland takes us down to the individual's experience." - Times Literary Supplement.
"A really well written book by an accomplished master of the history of the war." - Hatchards Review.
The Author
James Holland is a historian, writer and broadcaster. The author of a number of bestselling histories, including Battle of Britain, Dam Busters, Normandy '44 and, most recently, Sicily '43, he has also written nine works of historical fiction, including the Jack Tanner novels. He is currently writing an acclaimed three-volume new history of the Second World War, The War in the West. He has presented - and written - a large number of television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, and the History and Discovery channels. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @James1940.
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