Soldier At Heart
From Private to General
Published on 19. February 2013
320 pages
978-1-78383-044-2 (ISBN)
Description
Growing up during the Second World War, Mike Reynolds became so interested in soldiering that he decided to make the Army his life. Joining as a National Serviceman, to see if he would really like being a soldier, he made the decision to become a professional and was commissioned into The Queens Royal Regiment. He saw action and was wounded severely in the Korean War but recovered and eventually rose to command an infantry battalion. In between, he had his first taste of Northern Ireland in 1969 and later returned as a Commanding Officer. He commanded 12 Mechanized Brigade in Germany and was later appointed to command the multi-national Allied Mobile Force (Land), during which time he was a target for a number of terrorist groups. On retiring from the Army, Mike Reynolds became a well-known military historian and author.
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Major General Michael Reynolds CB joined the British Army in 1948, and was commissioned into the Queens Royal Regiment in 1950. In the course of a long and distinguished career, he served in Korea, where he was severely wounded, Northern Ireland and West Germany. On promotion to Major General he assumed command of NATO's Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land). In retirement, he became guest speaker on British Army and NATO battlefield tours in the Ardennes, publishing a number of detailed histories on World War 2 operations in Europe. He died in 2015.
Content
- Intro
- Also by
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One - Boyhood Days
- Chapter Two - National Service
- Chapter Three - Sandhurst
- Chapter Four - Subaltern in Germany
- Chapter Five - En Route to Korea
- Chapter Six - Platoon Commander in Korea
- Chapter Seven - Hospitals and Recovery
- Chapter Eight - Back to Duty and Marriage
- Chapter Nine - Staff Officer in Cyprus
- Chapter Ten - Adjutant in Germany
- Chapter Eleven - Staff Colleges
- Chapter Twelve - War Gaming
- Chapter Thirteen - Company Commander in Germany
- Chapter Fourteen - Staff Officer in Canada
- Chapter Fifteen - Company Commander in Bahrain
- Chapter Sixteen - Second-in-Command in England and Ulster
- Chapter Seventeen - Staff Officer in Holland
- Chapter Eighteen - Commanding Officer in Germany and Ulster
- Chapter Nineteen - Staff Officer in Northern Ireland
- Chapter Twenty - One Star Commander in Germany
- Chapter Twenty-one - Royal College of Defence Studies, London
- Chapter Twenty-two - Senior Staff Officer in Germany
- Chapter Twenty-three - Marking Time in England
- Chapter Twenty-four - Two Star Commander in NATO
- Chapter Twenty-five - NATO International Military Staff - Brussels
- Chapter Twenty-six - Retirement
- Epilogue
- Index
