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An Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC & Bar 1939-1945
Stanley Christopherson
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Description for An Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC & Bar 1939-1945
Paperback. From the outbreak of war in September 1939 all the way to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Palestine, Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day, Nijmegen and the crossing of the Rhine, this book offers an account of the Second World War. Editor(s): Holland, James. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBG; HBLW; HBW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. Weight in Grams: 367.
‘An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries’ James Holland
‘An outstanding contribution to the literature of the Second World War’Professor Gary Sheffield
From the outbreak of war in September 1939 to the smouldering ruins of Berlin in 1945, via Tobruk, El Alamein, D-Day and the crossing of the Rhine, An Englishman at War is a unique first-person account of the Second World War.
Stanley Christopherson’s regiment, the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, went to war as amateurs and ended up one of the most experienced, highly trained and most valued ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Corgi
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552165655
SKU
V9780552165655
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Ref
99-99
About Stanley Christopherson
Stanley Christopherson was born in 1912 and trained to be a lawyer before joining the Sherwood Rangers in the autumn of 1939. Apart from two weeks in hospital, he experienced the Second World War on the Western Front in its entirety and watched as the very nature of war changed and evolved. IN the North African campaign, he engaged in ... Read more
Reviews for An Englishman at War: The Wartime Diaries of Stanley Christopherson DSO MC & Bar 1939-1945
An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries, that can demonstrate the range of command within a British regiment, or that touches on so many of the key engagements of the British Army during the Second World War. Quite simply, there is nothing like it, and the opportunity to publish a complete ... Read more