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PRESS ON REGARDLESS: The Story Of The Royal Tank Regiment In WWII
PRESS ON REGARDLESS The Story Of The Royal Tank Regiment In WWII Author:Edward Wilson, Edward Wilson A carefully researched, well presented and eminently readable story of the daily lives of men who fought in tanks, often obsolete and generally out gunned, in France, the desert and Italy; returning to the UK to re-equip and land in Normandy on D+1, thence across Europe and into Hamburg five days before Nazi Germany surrendered. — - Based on the ... more »unit's War Diary, giving day-to-day accounts of the fortunes and misfortunes, battles and hardships of a Regular Army Regiment in the famous Seventh Armoured Division - the Desert Rats.
- Supplemented by unique personal accounts provided by officers and men who shared the triumphs and disasters of war as well as its humorous side.
- Complemented by a chapter by chapter analysis of the war as it affected both Allies and Axis, with a chronological summary of other main events.
- Amplified by notes and technical details which serve to remind the men who were there ... and enlighten the readers who were not.
- Evocative of the horrors shared as well as the heroism shown by ordinary young men - regular soldiers, volunteers, conscripts alike who were described as showing "a spirit second to none in the British Army".
The author served with the 'Fifth Tanks' and is active in its Old Comrades Association. By profession a solicitor, he has been a national and an international Trade Association director. He has written A First Born Son which he describes as a Modern Medieval Mystery Play.?« less