
eBook - ePub
Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges
A Sapper's Second World War Diary
- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
Soldiers' first-hand accounts of Second World War active service invariably make inspiring and exciting reading but Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges is exceptional for several reasons. First, Brian Moss's role as a bomb disposal specialist was especially hazardous. Secondly, he was in the thick of the action from the start, dealing with unexploded ordnance during the London blitz. He was then deployed as a frontline sapper to North Africa and onto Sicily before landing on Gold Beach on D-Day. Despite many close calls he was relatively unscathed until taken out by a butterfly bomb at Nijmegen. Fortunately, despite serious injury he lived, quite literally, to tell the tale but his war was over. While the author's graphic account compares favorably with the very best wartime memoirs, it also has a unique element, namely examples of his outstanding artistic skill. It is truly remarkable that he not only managed to produce so many fine works under combat conditions and that he was able to draw such accurate maps from memory. His sketches and paintings bring a special dimension to this story. What a privilege it is to feast on the words and images created by this exceptionally brave and talented man.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Some excerpts from this book
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Prelude to War
- Chapter 2 Bomb Disposal
- Chapter 3 Number 5, Charlbury Grove
- Chapter 4 Plan Green
- Chapter 5 Introduction to North Africa
- Chapter 6 233 Field Company
- Chapter 7 The Fly Box
- Chapter 8 Hunterâs Plateau and Queenâs Box
- Chapter 9 Accept All Risks!
- Chapter 10 Regima Mine School
- Chapter 11 Attack on the Bastion and the Mareth Line
- Chapter 12 Alfie Dodds
- Chapter 13 Battle of Wadi Akarit
- Chapter 14 Operation Husky: Invasion of Sicily
- Chapter 15 SturmgeschĂźtz in Lentini Area
- Chapter 16 Corridore del Pero and Primosole Bridge
- Chapter 17 Moving Out and Entering Catania
- Chapter 18 Comic Opera Surrender in San Giovanni La Punta
- Chapter 19 Reconnaissance Patrols in Mangano
- Chapter 20 Mine Clearing in Giarre
- Chapter 21 Bridging through Calatabiano and Fiumefreddo
- Chapter 22 Lettojani
- Chapter 23 Return to the UK
- Chapter 24 Combined Ops Training in Scotland
- Chapter 25 Pre-Invasion Manoeuvres
- Chapter 26 Embarking for D-Day
- Chapter 27 Assault on Gold Beach
- Chapter 28 From Creully into the Bocage
- Chapter 29 The Breakout
- Chapter 30 Albert Canal Crossing
- Chapter 31 Operation Market Garden
- Chapter 32 Cut-off in St. Oedenrode
- Chapter 33 Fateful Days in Nijmegen
- Chapter 34 In the Hands of the Medics
- Chapter 35 Recognition, Demobilisation and Civilian Life
- Editorâs Postscript
- Plates