"Oh I agree the Aussie were side lined to mopping up thanks to Dougout Doug but I disagree with Hastings assesment of the apperant low marol...
Well I've answered my own question by buying this and reading it! Basically, 'Image of War' is his account of his WW2 experiences. ‘Memoirs of a...
Last of my back-catalogue A Tankie’s Travels by Jock Watt Woodfield Publishing, 2006. Paperback, 205 pages. Jock grew up in a small Scottish...
For the Duration by Gordon Nisbett Subtitled : The Journal of a Conscript 1941-46 Pentland Press, 1996. Hardcover, 175 pages. Nisbett was quite...
Brazen Chariots by Robert Crisp Bantam, 1978 (first published 1959), paperback, 233 pages. Crisp, a South African, served with 3rd Battalion RTR...
Armoured Odyssey by Stuart Hamilton MC Tom Donovan publishing, London, 1995. Hardcover 161 pages. Hamilton served with 8th RTR in the Western...
Mailed Fist by John Foley Granada, 1982. Paperback, 172 pages. John Foley was a regular soldier from 1936. Mid war he was reassigned from some...
Tank Twins: East End Brothers in Arms by Stephen W. Dyson Pen & Sword Books, 1997. Hardcover, 208 pages. This WW2 memoir is slightly unusual in...
Flame Thrower by Andrew Wilson Bantam Books, 1984. Paperback, 189 pages. Wilson first published his account in 1956. In this 1984 edition he...
Sixty-four Days of a Normandy Summer by Keith Jones Robert Hale Lts, 1990. Hardcover, 192 pages This is the author’s account of his...
‘By Tank: D to VE Days ‘ Ken Tout Robert Hale, London, 2007. Hardcover 240 pages. Tout served as a gunner on a Sherman with 1st Northampton...
'Most of these seem out of print or old.' - Yep! I've still managed to get most of them though and generally for a good price ($10 - 20), even...
Thanks for that Drew. I sent an email with a few details for you. Here's another of my reviews. I'm tidying my Amazon ones up and will post them...
‘Armoured Guardsman’ by Robert Boscawen Stackpole Books, 2009. Paperback, 232 pages. Originally published 2001. Boscawen served as a tank troop...
I posted this list last year but I've found a few more since. The plan with this thread is to post reviews of the ones I'm able to read. I've...
The best British accounts I've read are as follows - Armour Normandy - Germany By Tank into Normandy by Stuart Hills Troop Leader by Bill...
The Dennis Olson Story by Karl Eriksen iUniverse, Inc, Bloomington, 2011. Paperback, 237 pages. Dennis Olson was a WW2 marine who served on...
Thanks again, your input confirms my suspicions. The Olson/Eriksen book is not creditable. I feel Olson was probably a member of 2nd Defense/AAA...
I will have to wait a couple of weeks to get to Utmost Savagery but there's a few more strange claims in the Olson/Eriksen book. At the end of...
Here's my full review on Kirby's book. Tales from the South Pacific Every once in a while you pick up a special book and for me, this was one...
