Burning Steel - Peter Hart

Burning Steel

A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
480 Seiten
2023 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78816-640-9 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
A close-up at the sharp end of armoured warfare
'Excellent ... a raw and visceral, bird's-eye view of the action from the men who were there' The Times

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking tension of serving in highly inflammable Sherman tanks, the sudden impact of German shells, the desperate scramble to bail out, and the awful fate of those who couldn't. Even if they made it out of the tank, they were still vulnerable to being brutally cut down by German infantry.

Yet amidst these horrors, the humanity of these men shines through. And as we follow in their tracks, through letters, diaries and eye-witness accounts, they will change how we think about tank warfare forever.

Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. A prolific military history author, he has appeared in various television programmes, acted as a guide for the army, runs his own battlefield tour company and has a successful weekly podcast series Pete & Gary's Military History.

Erscheinungsdatum
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Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 198 mm
Gewicht 380 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-78816-640-X / 178816640X
ISBN-13 978-1-78816-640-9 / 9781788166409
Zustand Neuware
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