Title: With Popski's Private Army
First published: 1993
Description: If you have read Vladimir Peniakoff's memoir, then you will undoubtedly have an appetite for "With Popski's Private Army" by Ben Owen. It is the essential complement to Peniakoff's book, relating the perspective of his men. Ben Owen's book is a more intimate account of life - and death - in the ranks of the British Army's smallest independent unit, and leaves one missing the company of the men he so fondly recalls. The author gives a vivid portrayel of the warmth of comraderie set against the attrition and suffering of conflict,and breaths life into the discreet cameos of Peniakoff's book. Along with humour and pathos this book is richly adorned with accounts of breath-taking daring, skill and guile. This is a superb account of a vanishing breed, and I urge you to acquaint yourself with these remarkable men.
Subjects: Biography, British Personal narratives, Commando operations, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Personal narratives, British, Soldiers, World War, 1939-1945
Places: Great Britain
People: Ben Owen (1917-), Vladimir Peniakoff (1897-1951)
LC classification: D794.5.O84 O84 1993