The Eighty-Five Days
The Story of the Battle of Scheldt
Nonfiction, History, Germany, European General, Military, United States
| Author: | Capt. R. W. Thompson | ISBN: | 9781787206793 |
| Publisher: | Arcole Publishing | Publication: | July 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Arcole Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Capt. R. W. Thompson |
| ISBN: | 9781787206793 |
| Publisher: | Arcole Publishing |
| Publication: | July 11, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Arcole Publishing |
| Language: | English |
An explosive story of blunders and courage in the battle that might have brought victory in Europe in 1944.
“I believe my book could be described as an attempt at an heroic history of a very long and important battle, which is truly a series of battles. All the events ‘depicted’ in it happened, and if I have erred it has been on the side of understatement, for heroism often is beyond the ordinary use of prose, and if one feels unable to express it beyond a doubt it is better to let it speak for itself in the deed….”—Foreword
An explosive story of blunders and courage in the battle that might have brought victory in Europe in 1944.
“I believe my book could be described as an attempt at an heroic history of a very long and important battle, which is truly a series of battles. All the events ‘depicted’ in it happened, and if I have erred it has been on the side of understatement, for heroism often is beyond the ordinary use of prose, and if one feels unable to express it beyond a doubt it is better to let it speak for itself in the deed….”—Foreword
