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In the Face of the Enemy: A Battery Sergeant Major in Action in the Second World War

By Ernest , Powdrill , Mr E A; Powdrill

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Military, [distributor] Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year
2009
ISBN
978-1-84415-850-8, 1844158500
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (6989885 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
1939-1945.;Great Britain.World War

Description

In Part One Powdrill describes his experiences in France during ‘the Phoney War’ and then their baptism by fire in May 1940, culminating in the evacuation from Dunkirk having left their disabled guns behind. Ernest was wounded but many of his colleagues were killed by ferocious German counter-battery fire. Part 2 tells a very different story in more detail. By now a Sergeant Major in an armoured tracked regiment, the author fought through from the Normandy beaches to the River Maas. He describes the near constant action in graphic terms. In the Face of the Enemy is a splendid soldier’s story full of understatement and atmosphere. Success is tinged with sadness for lost comrades and admiration for his fellow men

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