Description
| Product ID: | 9780709091158 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | By Tank |
| Subtitle: | D to VE Days |
| Authors: | Author: Ken Tout |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, Second World War, Second World War |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating * Three best-selling and highly acclaimed books condensed into one complete volume. * Tank (the first of the three) was described by The Times as having an authenticity 'which could only come from deep personal experience translated by a lucid pen.' * Graphic, first-hand description of life inside a Sherman tank during the Second World War. Normandy 1944. Like most of his comrades Ken Tout was just 20 years old. Not until many years later did he feel able to gather their memoirs in three Hale books, "Tank!", "Tanks, Advance!" and "To Hell with Tanks!". Now these adventures are condensed into this one continuous narrative. Follow the ordinary young lads of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry through the massive enemy defences on Bourguebus Ridge, to the snows of the Ardennes, to the night crossing of the River Rhine, and finally to Grote KerkI, where they celebrated with liberated Dutch citizens. They were not professional soldiers but young conscripts willing to ''do their bit'', knowing that their Shermans were outgunned by the enemy''s much heavier Tiger and Panther tanks. "By Tank: D Day to VE Days" vividly recalls, in one complete volume, the whole experience of battle with utter authenticity: the fear, confusion, boredom, excitement and grief. |
| Imprint Name: | Robert Hale Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-10-01 |
