Footsloggers (Hardback)
An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45
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The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.
Footsloggers (Ebook)
An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45
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The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.
Footsloggers (Paperback)
An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45
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The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.
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Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. His books include Footsloggers, At Close Range and The Last Battle.
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