Tank action : an armoured troop commander's war, 1944-45
Render, David2016
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Place reservation for Tank action : an armoured troop commander's war, 1944-45In 1944 the average life expectancy of a newly commissioned tank troop officer in Normandy was estimated as being less than two weeks. David Render was a nineteen-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst when he was sent to France to join a veteran armoured unit that had already spent years fighting with the Desert Rats in North Africa. Joining the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry five days after the D-Day landings, the combat-hardened men he was sent to command did not expect him to last long. However, in the following weeks of ferocious fighting in Normandy, in which more than 90 per cent of his fellow tank commanders became casualties, his ability to emerge unscathed from countless combat engagements defied expectations and earned him his squadron's nickname of the 'Inevitable Mr Render'. In TANK ACTION David Render tells his remarkable story, spanning every major episode of the last year of the Second World War in Western Europe, from the invasion of Normandy to the fall of Germany. Ultimately it is a story of survival, comradeship and the ability to stand up and be counted as a leader in combat.
Main title:
Tank action : an armoured troop commander's war, 1944-45 / David Render ; with Stuart Tootal.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.©2016
Collation:
xxvii, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index.
ISBN:
9781474603270 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.5421
Language:
English
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BRN:
319525
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