Mailed Fist

In April 1943, newly commissioned John Foley is posted to command Five Troop and their trusty Churchill tanks Avenger, Alert, and Angler - thus begins his initiation into the Royal Armoured Corps. Covering the trials of training, embarkation to France and batt le experience through Normandy, the Netherlands, the Ardennes campaign and into Germany, Foley's intimate and detailed account follows the fate of this group of men in the latt er stages of the Second World War: If this book can be said to be a history of anything, it is a history of Five Troop. Not of the squadron, or of the regiment. If anybody wants to know what happened in other troops, or in other squadrons, it's all recorded painstakingly in the War Diaries and lodged in a Records Off ice somewhere. Based on the author's own experience with the British Army, Mailed Fist is reprinted in a new edition including an introduction from IWM, putt ing the work into historical context and shining a light on this fascinating experience of the Second World War.

ISBN:	9781912423491
Publisher:	Imperial War Museum
Imprint:	Imperial War Museums
Published date:	21 Apr 2022
Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Weight:	186g
Height:	197mm
Width:	128mm
Spine width:	19mm

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