Dimensions | 16 × 24 × 5 cm |
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In the original dustsheet. Black cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.
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A first-hand account of the horrors of war experienced by a British soldier in World War II. As a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Peter White kept an unauthorized journal of his regiment’s advance through the Low Countries and into Germany in the closing months of the war in Europe. Forbidden by his commanding officer from doing so for security reasons, Peter’s boyhood habit of diary keeping had become an obsession too strong to shake off. Each day he found time to record in copious detail the war whom he served, and the inexorable allied advance into the Third Reich. to shake off.
Review: Peter White, a lieutenant of the kings own Scottish borderers kept a diary of events in his company during their push through Belgium and Holland through Germany to the end of the war.
Thank God he did… because it provides such a fantastic glimpse into the hearts and minds of the men thrust into a nightmare world. Peter’s humanity shines throughout his account… villains, heroes and cowards alike….he is totally non-judgemental of his colleagues and of the enemy. You can feel the tensions, pains, joys and disappointments with Peters Company…as he takes you into his world and you travel with him to the end.
This book is a must read!
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