Marching to the Sound of Gunfire (Regiments at War Series) - Softcover

Delaforce, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750934255 ISBN 13: 9780750934251

Publisher: The History Press, 2003

Synopsis

In this work, scores of British soldiers tell their amazing stories of life - and death - at the sharp end. In the 11 frenzied months of warfare that followed D-Day, these soldiers successfully drove the Nazi hordes back into their Fatherland, and beat them into surrender.

About this title

Synopsis:

In this work, scores of British soldiers from almost every echelon of the British Army tell their amazing stories of life - and death - at the sharp end. In the 11 frenzied months of warfare that followed D-Day, these soldiers successfully drove the Nazi hordes back into their Fatherland, and beat them into surrender. There are stories from the "poor bloody infantry" with their machine-gunners, mortar men, stretcher bearers and pioneers; the brave assault troops who stormed the Normandy beaches and forced bridgeheads over rivers and canals in four countries; the outgunned "tankies" in their Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, slogging it out against the mighty German Tigers and Panthers, and the fearsome dug-in "eighty-eights"; the dashing recce types in their thin-skinned armoured cars and carriers, sending back vital radio reports; the sappers building bridges and clearing minefields under fire; the gunners with their dedicated FOOs bringing down fast, furious and accurate barrages; the signallers, patching up communication links; the non-combatant stretcher-bearers picking up the dead and dying from the battlefield, their Red Cross armbands no guarantee of immunity from fire.

About the Author:

Patrick Delaforce is a well -known and respected military writer and he has written many books for Sutton, including six books in our 'Regiments at War series.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0750934255
• ISBN 13: 9780750934251
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288