Brothers In Arms : One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War From D-Day To Ve-Day

Holland, James, 1970- author.

EBook 2021

"In the annals of World War II, certain groups of soldiers stand out, and among the most notable were the Sherwood Rangers. Originally a cavalry unit in the last days of horses in combat, whose officers were landed gentry leading men who largely worked for them, they were switched to the "mechanized cavalry" of tanks in 1942. Winning acclaim in the North African campaign, the Sherwood Rangers then spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy...

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Great Britain. Army. Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy

World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Great Britain

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9780802159090

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One legendary tank regiment's bloody war from D-day to VE-day

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Electronic reproduction. New York Grove Atlantic 2021 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

Part I: Summer- Normandy
Passage
Rough Landings
Off the Beaches
Point 103
Felled in the Field
Tragedy at Tilly
A Brief Discourse on How the Regiment Worked
Into the Woods
On the Hoof
Fontenay
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
Faces Gone, Faces New
Exhaustion
Back into Action
Bloody Ridge
Letters Home
The Noireau
Part II: Autumn- Belgium and the Netherlands
The Chase
Talking with the Enemy
Surrounded
Gheel and Garden
Luck
Part III: Winter
Revolving Doors
Geilenkirchen
Mud
The Red Badge of Courage
Snow and Ice
Cleve
Part IV: Spring- Germany
The Rhineland
Crossing the Rhine
Pursuit
War's End

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3132605

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