Brothers in Arms av James Holland

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<p><b>''War as it should be described - ordinary men facing extraordinary horror'' </b><i>The Times</i><br><b>''Epic and moving...Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life'' </b><i>Daily Telegraph</i><br><b>''Does not disappoint... Holland takes us down to the individual''s experience'' </b><i>Times Literary Supplement</i><br><b>______</b><br><br><b>From the bestselling author of <i>Normandy ''44</i> and <i>Sicily ''43,</i> a brilliant new history of the last days of the war.</b><br><br>It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.<br><br>The Sherwood Rangers were one of the great tank regiments. They had learned their trade the hard way, in the burning deserts of North Africa. From D-Day onwards, they were in the thick of