THE SHARP END OF WAR - THE FIGHTING MEN IN WORLD WAR II

'Everyone was shouting, screaming, swearing, shouting for their father, shouting for their mother, I didn't know whether to look at the ground or at the sky, someone said look at the ground for spider-mines, someone said look at the sky for the flashes, shells were coming all ways, the man next to me got hit through the shoulder, he fell down, I looked at him and said "Christ" and then ran on, I didn't know whether to be sick or dirty my trousers.'

In this book John Ellis shows graphically what combat was like for the ordinary soldiers of World War II - the men at 'the sharp end'.  In a sobering account, the men themselves tell of danger and deprivation, courage and fear, and what John Ellis believes enabled them to survive - their enormous loyalty to each other.

This 410 page softcover is illustrated with black and white photographs.  The cover and spine has heavy creases and edgewear.  Internally there is browning to pages due to age, but it is otherwise in a good, tight, clean condition. 

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