Title: Yesterday's drums
Description: Descriptions include the author's baptism of fire and blood in the desert; Rommel at Sidi Azeiz; leading the singing of 'Silent night' in Bardia at Christmas; from the Turkish border to Minqar Qaim and the nightmare of Benghazi; malaria, escape and betrayal in Italy; planning escape from German stalags; the bombing of Dresden; a long march westwards and the impact of Buchenwald; VE-Day in London.

"Yesterday's drums" evokes one man's war with power and immediacy-- it is an engrossing, memorable read"--Dust jacket.
Subjects: New Zealand Personal narratives, New Zealand. Army, German Prisoners and prisons, Campaigns, World War, 1939-1945, Soldiers, New Zealand, Biography, New zealand, army, New zealand, biography, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, new zealand, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, africa, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, german, Autobiography and memoir, Military and warfare, Poetry
Places: New Zealand, North Africa
People: Tony Vercoe (1919-)