Footsloggers : an infantry battalion at war, 1939-45
Hart, Peter, 1955-2024
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The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground. In 'Footsloggers', Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece.
Main title:
Footsloggers : an infantry battalion at war, 1939-45 / Peter Hart.
Author:
Hart, Peter, 1955-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2024.
Collation:
xiv, 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781800810716 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.541241940.541
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain. Army. Durham Light Infantry. Battalion, 16th -- History -- World War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Great BritainWarfare and DefenceEuropean historyHistoryMilitary historySecond World WarLand forces & warfare
BRN:
1537673