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Footsloggers

An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45

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Footsloggers

By: Peter Hart
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
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The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.

In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses, and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy, and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Peter Hart (P)2023 Tantor Military War Africa
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This is one of Peter Hart’s best books. The perfect balance of narration and oral history from the mouths of the now passed greatest generation. It’s a must read for any fan of history or Hart.

A new classic

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