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This WWII history chronicles the legendary British Armored Division in combat across northern Europe with veterans’ personal recollections. The British Army’s 11th Armored Division, famous for its Black Bull insignia, was famous for its courageous fighting during the Second World War. In this volume, Black Bull veterans tell the story of their Division in their own words. Beginning with the Normandy invasions, they vividly describe the role they played in Operations Epsom, Goodwood and Bluecoat. They bring readers with them on the “Great Swan’ through France and Belgium; the taking of Antwerp; Operation Market Garden; and the final slog into Germany across well-defended river barriers. They also recount stories of casualties and losses, the hardships of a winter campaign, and the comradeship and bravery it takes to persevere. Historian Patrick Delaforce provides a historical narrative that gives context to the personal accounts. Twelve Black Bull regiments are represented, with memories from troop commanders and riflemen, bombardiers and signalmen, tank crews, troop leaders, as well as the Division’s GOC, Major-General G.P.B. Roberts. The text is supplemented throughout with wartime photographs showing the Division in action.

Synopsis -Patrick Delaforce served with the Royal Horse Artillery of the 11th Armoured Division as a troop leader in Normandy and as FOO in Holland and Germany during the Second World War. This volume follows the 11th Armoured Division.

Reviews:

• “Some passages contain info appropriate for tabletop scenarios. You certainly get a UK version of the battle for France, complete with days that went right and days that went wrong. “– “Historical Miniatures Gaming Society”

• “…a book that will be of great interest to military historians.”– “AMPS Indianapolis”

• “If you are looking for a good account of operations from the perspective of those who were there, look no further.”– “AMPS”

The Author, Patrick Delaforce served with 11th Armoured Division during the advance through NW Europe. After a career in the wine trade he became a professional writer. Among his books in print with Pen and Sword are Churchill’s Desert Rats in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy, Wellington Le Beau and Monty’s Marauders.

Patrick de Fleurriet Delaforce (28 November 1923 – 22 January 2018) was a British Army officer and military historian. He fought in the European theatre of World War II, attaining the rank of captain before retiring from the army in 1947, and starting his career as a historian around 1979.