Product Description

Military historians agree that amongst the best armoured divisions in north-west Europe during World War II was the British 11th Armoured Division. This work tells the story of the Division in the words of over 100 soldiers who fought with it. It includes eye-witness accounts, from the Normandy Landings to the capture of Amiens, the taking of Antwerp, "Operation Market Garden", action at Ardennes, the final slog into Germany and the horrific discoveries at Belsen Concentration Camp. The book shows what it was really like to be in combat during that extraordinary campaign to liberate Europe 50 years ago. It reveals the thoughts, feelings and experiences of these veterans, who were at the time in their teens and twenties. The Division suffered 10,000 casualties, with almost 2000 lost in action. This is a story of courage and comradeship of ordinary men plunged into an extraordinary situation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #251989 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Patrick Delaforce is an established military history author, and his other publications include The Fighting Wessex Wyverns and Churchill's Desert Rats, both in this series.

Customer Reviews

No Nonsense History
An enjoyable and reliable history of an armoured division in the ETO 1944-1945. Neither Jingo-istic nor biaised, it is an account of average men at war, overcoming awesome obstacles, namely the supremely led, and usually better equipped Germans forces in the west. It makes no excuses for when battles go wrong, and names the heroes which deserve a mention. Thoroughly recommended.

Agree - This is a good read
I agree with the other reviewer, this is a good read. I have read a fair few Normandy books recently, some are not very good, a few are quite good. This is narrowly just about the most interesting of the ones that I have read.

Very readable style, seems to be about real people.

Andy Watkins