D-Day To Victory - The Diaries Of A British Tank Commander

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Tank Commander Sgt Trevor Greenwood of C Squadron, the 9th Royal Tank Regiment, sailed for France in June 1944 as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy.

From D-Day until April 1945, he kept a daily diary of his experiences of the final push through France & into Germany, often writing in secret & in terrible conditions. Under fire, outgunned & facing a bitter winter, he never loses his moral compass or his sense of humour
- finding time to brew tea & maintain morale with characterful British reserve.

He writes candidly of his frustration & despair of seeing Bomber Command mistakenly bomb Allied lines near Caen (August 1944), the liberation of Le Havre (September 1944), the fighting around Roosendaal, Holland (October 1944), the reception of soldiers by the Dutch families on whom they were billeted (December 1944), & concludes with mopping up operations in northern Germany (April 1945). His astonishing diary has left us a unique record of the war in Europe from the rarely-seen perspective of an ordinary soldier.

An accompanying essay about the tank battles of Normandy by Duxford Museums tank expert provide added value.