ARMOURED GUARDSMEN (Pbk)

Shortly after D-Day, Bob Boscawen, fresh from Cambridge and Sandhurst, found himself in Normandy with his Coldstream Guards tank troop. During the months that followed, he kept a diary recording the Guards Armoured Division's almost constant activity in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany -- until, having already had three tanks shot from under him, he suffered severe burns and had to be evacuated, one of only two survivors of his crew. A stirring story of frontline action with the Coldstream Guards as they fight their way through north-western Europe during the final year of the war. A Vivid and perceptive narrative captures the spirit of comradeship, the joy of success, the bitterness of loss, and the dangerous thrill of combat.