A Fine Night for Tanks by Ken Tout

A Fine Night for Tanks by Ken Tout

On August 7th 1944, the Canadian Army, reinforced with British Army units, sent four armoured columns south of Caen to close the Falaise Gap. Drawing on eyewitness accounts from tank crews and infantry, this book offers an account of the ensuing battle.

Tout, Ken: - In 1944 Ken Tout, known for books such as Tank! and A Fine Night for Tanks, landed on the Normandy beaches as a Sherman tank gunner and later commander. After further service in Palestine he entered theological college and worked with charities and development agencies such as Oxfam, the Salvation Army, HelpAge International and the United Nations Ageing unit. He researched and wrote texts on the ageing of the world's population, receiving an OBE and a United Nations citation for services to ageing. On one occasion he was called to advise Pope John Paul II on age-related poverty in developing countries. Another unique experience, in Chile in 1960, was to assist the General commanding relief operations at the epicentre of the world's most powerful earthquake ever recorded. More recently he was awarded a Knight's Cross of Merit for researching the actions of Free Polish Troops in the Second World War. He has also written a novel, a book of war poems, a history of the Christian Church and musical plays. As a pianist, conductor and trombonist, a favourite memory is, at age 6, of being given a sixpence by Elgar when the composer was having shoes repaired in the Tout workshop. He is Vice-President of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry Association and an Honorary Research Fellow of Keele University. He lives with his wife Jai, a former Chairman of an NHS Foundation Trust, in West Sussex, and has four children.

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ISBN 13	9780750917308
ISBN 10	075091730X
Titre	A Fine Night for Tanks
Auteur	Ken Tout
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	The History Press Ltd
Année de publication	1998-05-21
Nombre de pages	192
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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