Voices from the front
Subtitle: the South Notts Hussars : the Western Desert, 1940-1942
By: Peter Hart
Series: Voices from the Front; Voices from the front
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781473818453; 9781848844032; 9781783839131
Subjects: History; World War, 1939-1945; Regimental histories; Campaigns; British Personal narratives; HISTORY; Western; Military campaigns; Great Britain. Army. South Notts Hussars; Great Britain
Other titles: South Notts Hussars :
Description: WORLD HISTORY: SECOND WORLD WAR. The Second World War is vanishing into the pages of history. The veterans were once all around us, but their numbers are fast diminishing. While still in their prime many recorded their memories with Peter Hart for the Imperial War Museum. As these old soldiers now fade away their voices from the front are still strong with a rare power to bring the horrors of war back to vivid life. The South Notts Hussars were the pride of Nottingham. A territorial artillery unit made up of a strange mixture of miners from Hucknall, the clerical classes working in Nottingham and some of the richest families in Nottinghamshire. They went to war as a widely disparate group. Their service in North Africa was dramatic in the extreme. Trapped in Tobruk for six months their 25-pounder guns helped keep Rommel's panzers at bay.
Notes: Originally published 1996.

Includes bibliographical references.

English.
Table of contents: title: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Full Title""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter One Early Days""; ""Chapter Two The Phoney War""; ""Chapter Three Palestine Days""; ""Chapter Four Mersa Matruh""; ""Chapter Five Watching The Canal""; ""Chapter Six Rats of Tobruk""; ""Chapter Seven Calm Before the Storm""; ""Chapter Eight Knightsbridge""; ""Casualties South Notts Hussars 1939/42""; ""Notes And References""