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…, Normandy, August 1944 – Review by Mark BarnesArmoured Division.

"It is some time since we saw the first volume of this series and I am pleased to say this latest outing is most welcome. The format seems to be much the same with photographs presented in a very simple style accompanied by extended captions. The book is supported by a forward by the illustrious Ken Tout whose accounts of his exploits on campaign are much admired.

The book opens with the story of how the Poles came to be in Britain, taking a look at events in Poland during Hitler's invasion and then in France during 1940 where many Poles served in the French army. This takes us to when the division was formed in February 1942 and aside from images of those earliest days; the book includes pages from training and technical manuals showing Poles how to wear their British kit and details of the Sherman tanks in Polish service. We see scenes of training in the United Kingdom before concentrating on events in Normandy. The story culminates with the closure of the Falaise Pocket at Chambois where we see the disaster inflicted on the Germans in typical imagery of the period.

This is a Normandy book and all the ingredients are on view, so there is a lot of stuff of use to model makers and re-enactors, alike. In fact, the book includes a sequence of colour recreations of Polish troops in Normandy and the section is completed with colour drawings of armoured vehicles of the division and colour artwork of the Maczuga, or Mace; where some of the bitterest fighting took place…"
Full review here
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Amicalement
Armand

…, Normandy, August 1944 – Review by Mark BarnesArmoured Division.

"It is some time since we saw the first volume of this series and I am pleased to say this latest outing is most welcome. The format seems to be much the same with photographs presented in a very simple style accompanied by extended captions. The book is supported by a forward by the illustrious Ken Tout whose accounts of his exploits on campaign are much admired.

The book opens with the story of how the Poles came to be in Britain, taking a look at events in Poland during Hitler's invasion and then in France during 1940 where many Poles served in the French army. This takes us to when the division was formed in February 1942 and aside from images of those earliest days; the book includes pages from training and technical manuals showing Poles how to wear their British kit and details of the Sherman tanks in Polish service. We see scenes of training in the United Kingdom before concentrating on events in Normandy. The story culminates with the closure of the Falaise Pocket at Chambois where we see the disaster inflicted on the Germans in typical imagery of the period.

This is a Normandy book and all the ingredients are on view, so there is a lot of stuff of use to model makers and re-enactors, alike. In fact, the book includes a sequence of colour recreations of Polish troops in Normandy and the section is completed with colour drawings of armoured vehicles of the division and colour artwork of the Maczuga, or Mace; where some of the bitterest fighting took place…"
Full review here
link

Amicalement
Armand