By Tank into Normandy
$34.81
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2003
Summary
Stuart Hills embarked his Sherman DD tank on to an LCT at 6.45 am, Sunday 4th June 1944. He was 20 years old, unblooded, fresh from a public school background and Officer Cadet training. He was going to war.
Two days later, his tank sunk, he and his crew landed from a rubber dinghy with just the clothes they stood in. After that, the struggles through the Normandy bocage in a replacement tank (of the non-swimming variety), engaging the enemy in a constant round of close encounters, le…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780304366408 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0304366404 |
| Author: | Stuart Hills |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Cassell Military |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2003 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 142mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Cassell Military Paperbacks |
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About The Author
Stuart Hills
Stuart Hills was 20 years old when he joined a tank regiment preparing to spearhead the D-Day landings. His parents and sister were in Hong Kong, prisoners of the Japanese, their fate unknown. One of the few surviving officers in the regiment at the end of the war, he went on to a successful business career.
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