Recollections of Rifleman Bowl
Author : Bowlby Alex Staff
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Page : pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 1999-08
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ISBN : 9780297645368
Author : Bowlby Alex Staff
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,90 MB
Release : 1999-08
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ISBN : 9780297645368
Author : Alex Bowlby
Publisher : Arrow
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 1991-07-04
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 9780099785408
This is Rifleman Bowlby's account of life in an infantry platoon in Italy in 1944. The battalion in which he served had been renowned throughout the 8th Army, but by the time it arrived in Italy it had been stripped of its core of regulars and its specialist role. Now used as heavy infantry, it lost its first battle, then its second, and the reputation that had taken three years to build fell apart in a few weeks. Only in its last battle, when it was smashed to pieces on the Gothic line, did the battalion regain its esteem.
Author : John HARRIS (Rifleman.)
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 1848
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Author : Alex Bowlby
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1474625479
'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan 'Extraordinary realism' SUNDAY TIMES 'A touch of the Somme and more than a hint of Wilfred Owen' TLS A classic of WWII, this is the vivid memoir of Private Bowlby, who came through the North Africa campaign only to have to battle in bitter fighting against a stubborn and skilled German defence in Italy. It is a truly authentic account of what it was like to fight your way through one of the most gruelling and dangerous campaigns of the Second World War, where so often the hunters became the hunted. A superb first-hand account of the the second world war.
Author : John Harris (rifleman.)
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Page : pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1848
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Author : Alex Bowlby
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 1969-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0850521386
In 1944, having distinguished itself in the North Africa campaign, Rifleman Bowlby's battalion of Greenjackets was sent to Italy. But instead of being used in the specialised role for which it had been trained, most of the battalion's vehicles were taken away on arrival, and the riflemen were told that they were to be used as ordinary infantry. Stripped of its hard core of regulars, the battalion suffered one disastrous defeat after another until its hard-won reputation fell in tatters. 'Quite extraordinary realism in this worm's eye view ... The sweating, slogging, frightened infantryman in conditions of extreme stress and horror. It is a book to bring a shiver to the most grizzled veteran.' Sunday Times
Author : F. M. Crum
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 25,58 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1473834643
Frederick Maurice Crum (18791952) fought in the Second Boer War (18991902) in the Mounted Infantry, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. After peacetime service in India he retired due to the effects of his injuries, and became involved in the Boy Scout movement, founding the 7th Troop of Boy Scouts at Stirling in Scotland in 1909. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he rejoined the Rifle Corps and served with its 8th Battalion in France until 1919, specialising in trench sniping.Made up from his extensive diaries and letters to family and friends at the time, this book details the development of sniping in the British Army in the First World War. It was through the work of expert marksmen and trainers like Major Crum that the initial dominance of the Germans in this type of fighting was eventually overcome. These memoirs provide a unique insight into the life of a British Army officer before and during the First World War. Major Crum's involvement in the Boy Scout movement is also a fascinating account of that organisation's origins, showing what the true motives behind its foundation were.With a new Foreword by sniping expert Adrian Gilbert, this is not only a first-rate memoir of sniping in the trenches, but also of a long, outstanding life of bravery
Author : Alex Bowlby
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 37,6 MB
Release : 1969-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1473817501
The classic memoir by an infantryman in the British army during the Second World War, “a book to bring a shiver to the most grizzled veteran (The Sunday Times). In 1944, having distinguished itself in the North Africa campaign, Rifleman Bowlby’s battalion of Greenjackets was sent to Italy. But instead of being used in the specialized role for which it had been trained, most of the battalion’s vehicles were taken away on arrival, and the riflemen were told that they were to be used as ordinary infantry. Stripped of its hard core of regulars, the battalion suffered one disastrous defeat after another until its hard-won reputation fell in tatters. This is a memoir that captures “quite extraordinary realism in this worm’s eye view . . . the sweating, slogging, frightened infantryman in conditions of extreme stress and horror” (The Sunday Times).
Author : John Kincaid
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 22,6 MB
Release : 1835
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
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Author : Great Britain. Army. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 1895
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