WINNER OF THE MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS AWARD
'Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers' Richard van Emden
The best way to understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to see it through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it. The South Notts Hussars fought at almost every major battle of the Second World War, from the Siege of Tobruk to the Battle of El Alamein and the D-Day Landings.
Here, Peter Hart draws on detailed interviews conducted with members of the regiment, to provide both a comprehensive account of the conflict and reconstruct its most thrilling moments in the words of the men who experienced it.
This is military history at its best: outlining the path from despair to victory, and allowing us to share in soldiers' hopes and fears; the deafening explosions of the shells, the scream of the diving Stukas and the wounded; the pleasures of good comrades and the devastating despair at lost friends.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- Preface
- 1. As Bad as It Gets
- 2. Growing Pains
- 3. The Basics
- 4. Mobilisation
- 5. Getting Ready
- 6. Phoney War in Palestine
- 7. Mersa Matruh
- 8. Siege of Tobruk
- 9. A Way of Life
- 10. Breakout from Tobruk
- 11. Battle of Knightsbridge, 27 May 1942
- 12. The Last Round, 6 June 1942
- 13. Rebuilding
- 14. Battle of El Alamein
- 15. Advance to Victory in North Africa
- 16. Sicilian Sojourn
- 17. Back Home
- 18. Normandy Attrition
- 19. End Game in Europe
- 20. Germany
- 21. Après la Guerre
- Images
- Interviewees
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Credits
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