Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany - The Memoirs of Bill Close 9781783830541, 1783830549
Bill Close had a remarkable war. In campaign after campaign, from the defense of Calais in 1940 to the defeat of Germany
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Table of contents :
Content: Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction --
Paderborn: A Time for Reflection
Green Tabs
Chapter One --
1933: A Call to Arms
Chapter Two --
Fordingbridge: A Time for Counting
Chapter Three --
Calais: A Token Stand
Chapter Four --
A Greek Interlude, Part I
Chapter Five --
A Greek Interlude, Part II
Chapter Six --
A Time for Reorganisation
Chapter Seven --
Operation Crusader
Chapter Eight --
Sidi Rezegh: What a Shambles!
Chapter Nine --
Back to the Delta
Chapter Ten --
The Gazala Battle. Chapter Eleven --
The Alamein Battle: Early ProblemsChapter Twelve --
Mareth: The Left Hook
Chapter Thirteen --
Enfidaville: The End of the Desert Campaign
Chapter Fourteen --
Homeward Bound
Chapter Fifteen --
Operation Epsom: The Battle for Hill 112
Chapter Sixteen --
Operation Goodwood, Part I
Chapter Seventeen --
Operation Goodwood, Part II
Chapter Eighteen --
Back to the Bocage: Operation Bluecoat
Chapter Nineteen --
A Continental Tour: Amiens
Chapter Twenty --
On to Antwerp
Chapter Twenty-One --
The Drive to the Baltic
Epilogue
A Wearing Of The Green.
