Footsloggers
An Infantry Battalion at War, 1939-45
Published on 7. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-80081-071-6 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.
The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground.
In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.
Reviews / Votes
Another powerful entry in Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series -- Major Gordon Corrigan Powerful, vivid and haunting ... the boredom, horror, humour, and everything else that went with life at the front [makes this] an emotional ride -- Andrew Mulholland * The Past * A fascinating and well-written insight ... Acclaimed writer and historian Peter Hart brings to life the spirit of the normal civilian soldier during wartime, charting their hopes, personal thoughts and fears * Key Military *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
8PP B&W
Dimensions
Height: 193 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
344 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80081-071-6 (9781800810716)
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Additional editions
E-Book
06/2023
Profile Books Ltd
€34.99
Available for download
Person
Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. A prolific military history author, he has acted as an army guide, runs his own battlefield tour company and has a successful weekly podcast series, Pete & Gary's Military History. His previous books for Profile include At Close Range and The Last Battle.