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Brothers in Arms by James Holland
'War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror' The Times 'Epic and moving...Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life' Daily Telegraph 'Does not disappoint... Holland takes us down to the individual's experience' Times Literary Supplement ______ From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43, a brilliant new history of the last days of the war. It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war. The Sherwood Rangers were one of the great tank regiments. They had learned their trade the hard way, in the burning deserts of North Africa. From D-Day onwards, they were in the thick of the action til the war's end. They and their Sherman tanks covered thousands of miles and endured some of the fiercest fighting in Western Europe. Their engagements stretch from the Normandy beaches to the bridges at Eindhoven. They were the first British unit into Germany, grinding across the Siegfried Line and on into the Nazi heartland. Through compelling eye-witness testimony and James Holland's expert analysis, Brothers In Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe and gives the most powerful account to date of what it was really like to fight in the dying days of World War Two. The new, sweeping World War II book from James Holland, THE SAVAGE STORM, is available now.War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror. Caught in the drama of battle, we sometimes forget the good men who died. Holland, to his credit, forces us to remember * The Times BOOK OF THE WEEK *
Powerful and moving...James Holland's greatest strength as a military historian is that he brings humanity to his work. Brothers In Arms does more than just tell the story of the Sherwood Rangers...Holland has delved into their world and brought their characters to life. * The Spectator *
Their [the Sherwood Rangers] story can be seen as a reflection of the British war as a whole and Holland tells it very well, using his trademark technique of immersive detail and a cast of well-defined characters. If you are a fan of his style and I am, you will find that once again it works brilliantly * The Daily Telegraph *
An intimate and harrowing portrayal of warfare * Radio Times *
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently Brothers In Arms and Normandy '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780552177917 |
| ISBN 10 | 0552177911 |
| Title | Brothers in Arms |
| Author | James Holland |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
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