Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges
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Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges

A Sapper's Second World War Diary

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges

A Sapper's Second World War Diary

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

  1. Cover
  2. Book Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Some excerpts from this book
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 Prelude to War
  11. Chapter 2 Bomb Disposal
  12. Chapter 3 Number 5, Charlbury Grove
  13. Chapter 4 Plan Green
  14. Chapter 5 Introduction to North Africa
  15. Chapter 6 233 Field Company
  16. Chapter 7 The Fly Box
  17. Chapter 8 Hunter’s Plateau and Queen’s Box
  18. Chapter 9 Accept All Risks!
  19. Chapter 10 Regima Mine School
  20. Chapter 11 Attack on the Bastion and the Mareth Line
  21. Chapter 12 Alfie Dodds
  22. Chapter 13 Battle of Wadi Akarit
  23. Chapter 14 Operation Husky: Invasion of Sicily
  24. Chapter 15 Sturmgeschütz in Lentini Area
  25. Chapter 16 Corridore del Pero and Primosole Bridge
  26. Chapter 17 Moving Out and Entering Catania
  27. Plates
  28. Chapter 18 Comic Opera Surrender in San Giovanni La Punta
  29. Chapter 19 Reconnaissance Patrols in Mangano
  30. Chapter 20 Mine Clearing in Giarre
  31. Chapter 21 Bridging through Calatabiano and Fiumefreddo
  32. Chapter 22 Lettojani
  33. Chapter 23 Return to the UK
  34. Chapter 24 Combined Ops Training in Scotland
  35. Chapter 25 Pre-Invasion Manoeuvres
  36. Chapter 26 Embarking for D-Day
  37. Chapter 27 Assault on Gold Beach
  38. Chapter 28 From Creully into the Bocage
  39. Chapter 29 The Breakout
  40. Chapter 30 Albert Canal Crossing
  41. Chapter 31 Operation Market Garden
  42. Chapter 32 Cut-off in St. Oedenrode
  43. Chapter 33 Fateful Days in Nijmegen
  44. Chapter 34 In the Hands of the Medics
  45. Chapter 35 Recognition, Demobilisation and Civilian Life
  46. Editor’s Postscript
  47. Index
  48. Backcover