A unique WWII diary spanning the entirety of the War, edited with commentary by bestselling author James Holland- 'An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can match the scope of these diaries'.
Stanley Christopherson was born in 1912 and trained to be a lawyer
before joining the Sherwood Rangers in the autumn of 1939. Apart
from two weeks in hospital, he experienced the Second World War on
the Western Front in its entirety and watched as the very nature of
war changed and evolved. IN the North African campaign, he engaged
in the Battles of Alam Halfa and El Alamein and the fall of Tunis.
On D-Day he landed on the Gold Beach, before moving across France
and Belgium and onto Holland where his regiment endured the
terrible fighting in the aftermath of Operation Market Garden.
James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history
at Durham University. The author of the best-selling Fortress
Malta, Battle of Britain, and Dam Busters, he has also written nine
works of historical fiction, five of which feature the heroic Jack
Tanner, a soldier of the Second World War. He regularly appears on
television and radio, and has written and presented a number of
acclaimed documentaries for the BBC. Co-founder and Programme
Director of the Chalke Valley History Festival, he has his own
collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is Fellow of the Royal
Historical Society.
An astonishing record...There is no other wartime diary that can
match the scope of these diaries, that can demonstrate the range of
command within a British regiment, or that touches on so many of
the key engagements of the British Army during the Second World
War. Quite simply, there is nothing like it, and the opportunity to
publish a complete narrative of the war, such as these diaries
represent, will almost certainly never arise again.
*James Holland*
The Sherwood Rangers was one of the outstanding armoured regiments
of the Second World War and Stanley Christopherson's diary, taking
us through the desert war and the whole of Northwest Europe from
Normandy to the end is a rare and valuable account.
*Antony Beevor*
There are many published diaries of British army officers in the
Second World War, but Stanley Christopherson's is one of the best I
have read. He gives a detailed picture of life as a tank officer in
the Desert and Normandy, and pulls no punches. This is an
outstanding contribution to the literature of the Second World
War.
*Professor Gary Sheffield*
Brilliant. A really important source for the study of British
war-making during the Second World War. It is also a tremendously
observant account from the perspective of a brave and resolute army
officer.
*Professor Jeremy Black*
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