Tank!

By Ken Tout

Subjects: Tank warfare, Biography, English Personal narratives, British Personal narratives, World War, 1939-1945, Great britain, history, military, Great britain, biography, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, Military campaigns, Great britain, army, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, british, Soldiers, Personal narratives, British, Campaigns, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army

Description: This short book is a novelette-sized experiential treatment. It is raw, full of the period banter between the men of a tank battalion in Normandy. The characters crass humour is exquisitely raw. Much of the book is claustrophobic as it describes life in a Sherman tank during the height of the Normandy Campaign. It was a meat grinder where casualties were anywhere from 60 - 70%, with Allied armies often fighting top-notch German Armoured divisions. But the democratic armies won - and is partially explained why in "Tank." We were practical if fatalistic, which made for our high morale, one of our best assets.