Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE - Martin, Charles Cromwell; Whitsed, Roy

Clean, tight, unmarked; long crease down back cover; crease across top corner of cover and first several pages; otherwise light general wear; This is a rifleman's story, on the ground and at the point, under fire, in minefields, in trenches, in mud. The shrinking band of D-Day originals gratefully accepted reinforcements as they battled across France, took the Channel ports, slogged through the soggy fields and dikes of the Scheldt and Holland, and finally crossed the Rhine. They faced Hitler Youth units, SS regiments, and highly trained paratroops. None surrendered easily. Charlie's memoir is a striking portrayal of how the boys of the Queen's Own became men and how the men became veterans. They had to learn fast at the "point" or they were gone.
Good
Soft cover
Dundurn
1996
Toronto, ON