In the Face of the Enemy: A Battery Sergeant Major in Action in the Second World War
In the Face of the Enemy: A Battery Sergeant Major in Action in the Second World War
E.A. Powdrill
Subjects: Great britain, army, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, eastern front, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british
Description
Description
In Part One Powdrill describes his experiences in France during ‘the Phoney War’ and then their baptism by fire in May 1940, culminating in the evacuation from Dunkirk having left their disabled guns behind. Ernest was wounded but many of his colleagues were killed by ferocious German counter-battery fire.
Part 2 tells a very different story in more detail. By now a Sergeant Major in an armoured tracked regiment, the author fought through from the Normandy beaches to the River Maas. He describes the near constant action in graphic terms. In the Face of the Enemy is a splendid soldier’s story full of understatement and atmosphere. Success is tinged with sadness for lost comrades and admiration for his fellow men.
Part 2 tells a very different story in more detail. By now a Sergeant Major in an armoured tracked regiment, the author fought through from the Normandy beaches to the River Maas. He describes the near constant action in graphic terms. In the Face of the Enemy is a splendid soldier’s story full of understatement and atmosphere. Success is tinged with sadness for lost comrades and admiration for his fellow men.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Pen and Sword Military
Date Published: 2009-04-21
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1844158500
Language: en
Pages: 160
Length: 6.25 inches,width: 0.75 inches,height: 9.25 inches
40 in stock
