Based on the diaries of Royal Engineer Robert Jones, the narrative follows him across the North African desert, describes the bombing of Tripoli Harbour, the invasion of Sicily and the landing on the Normandy beaches on D-Day + 2. The story follows the advance through Belgium and Holland, to the battle that became known as the Rhine Crossing.
In the years after the First World War waves of former soldiers were drawn back to their wartime haunts. Pilgrimage to the Western Front is the first collection of its kind to chronicle the experience of veterans who retraced their steps along the old front line offering a fascinating insight into what they found in the words of the men ......
How General George Patton Turned the Tide in North Africa and Defeated t
American troops invaded North Africa in November 1942, but did not face serious resistance until their defeat at Kasserine Pass. After this disaster, Gen. George Patton took command, and at El Guettar, Patton's men defeated the Germans. It was the first victory of Patton's storied World War II career, and proved that the U.S. Army could win.
It will be forever known as Passchendaele: the very word is used to describe wretched and perilous conditions such as were encountered at the battles which became officially designated as Third Ypres. There with better tactics, equipment and experience than he had previously employed, Haig was surely set for considerable advance and ultimate ......
From training for the operation to the evacuations after D-Day, this is the story of the Glider Pilot Regiment's role in the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944. Operation Tonga was vital to the success of D-Day. It included the famous attacks on the Merville Battery and the bridges over the Orne River and ......
Operation Tonga - The Glider Assault: 6 June 1944 is an account of the Glider Pilot Regiments role in Operation Tonga, the first stage of the airborne assault in the Normandy landings in June 1944. The story is told through the eyes of those who were there - glider pilots, paratroopers, pathfinders, tug crews and passengers - and ......
The Allied Operation Mallory Major (northern Italy, July 1944) aimed at the destruction of all bridges across the Po River: the bombers were opposed by a Flak army composed of aging Germans leading young non-German women (who played a major role in the campaign) and men in Wehrmacht service: Czechs (who deserted en masse), Italians, Poles, ......
Omaha Beach witnessed the greatest drama and loss of life on D-Day. Across a four-and-a-half-mile front consisting of sand, stones, and cliffs, largely untested American troops assaulted Germany's Atlantic Wall head-on, encountering fierce resistance but eventually securing the beachhead.