Lion Rampant
The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland
Biography & Memoir, Historical, Nonfiction, History, Military
| Author: | Robert Woollcombe | ISBN: | 9781845027957 |
| Publisher: | Black & White Publishing | Publication: | June 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Black & White Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Woollcombe |
| ISBN: | 9781845027957 |
| Publisher: | Black & White Publishing |
| Publication: | June 2, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Black & White Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion, horror and comradeship of war - from the killing fields of Normandy bocage, through house-to-house fighting in shattered Flemish towns, to the final Rhine crossing - Lion Rampant is a powerful, authentic and moving story, telling with extraordinary clarity how the author, his fellow officers and the men of his company lived through one of the most bitter campaigns in history.
Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion, horror and comradeship of war - from the killing fields of Normandy bocage, through house-to-house fighting in shattered Flemish towns, to the final Rhine crossing - Lion Rampant is a powerful, authentic and moving story, telling with extraordinary clarity how the author, his fellow officers and the men of his company lived through one of the most bitter campaigns in history.
