Armoured Guardsmen: A War Diary from Normandy to the Rhine

by Robert Boscawen

Book Overview

Shortly after D-Day, Bob Boscawen, fresh from Cambridge and Sandhurst, found himself in Normandy with his Coldstream Guards tank unit. During the months that followed, he kept a diary recording the Guards Armoured Division's almost constant activity in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany--until, having already had three tanks shot from under him, he suffered severe burns and had to be evacuated, one of only two survivors of his crew.A stirring story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811735273
• ISBN13: 9780811735278
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"