LeeEnfield
15-01-2006, 17:29
I've recently got this title from the libary,- reads very well;
The author is canadian, and he has written a number of books on the canadian contribution, and actions of WWII; - although, perhaps,suprisingly, not on Operation Jubilee,.....the Dieppe raid.
Anyway, from where I've got to, its a good,well informed read.
Well worth checking out.
"Dip gently your scythe,good reaper now,
O'er the fields of the hallowed dead.
For young men fought, and young men died,
Near the sea, where the earth is red."
(Capt. S.E.Higgs. 3rd canadian inf div.)
To me, that verse, -taken from frontspiece, of above mentioned book,
say's a lot about a beach invasion.
Andy
The author is canadian, and he has written a number of books on the canadian contribution, and actions of WWII; - although, perhaps,suprisingly, not on Operation Jubilee,.....the Dieppe raid.
Anyway, from where I've got to, its a good,well informed read.
Well worth checking out.
"Dip gently your scythe,good reaper now,
O'er the fields of the hallowed dead.
For young men fought, and young men died,
Near the sea, where the earth is red."
(Capt. S.E.Higgs. 3rd canadian inf div.)
To me, that verse, -taken from frontspiece, of above mentioned book,
say's a lot about a beach invasion.
Andy