Barne Anthony Barne

Churchill's Colonel (eBook, ePUB)

The War Diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Barne

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A British officer's day-to-day observations throw "interesting light on life and soldiering during the Second World War." -The NYMAS Review Anthony Barne started his diary in August 1939 as a young, recently married captain in the Royal Dragoons stationed in Palestine. He wrote an entry for every day of the war, often with great difficulty, sometimes when dog-tired or under fire, sometimes when things looked dark and desperate, but more often in sunshine and optimism-"surrounded by good fellows who kept one cheerful and helped one through the sad and difficult times." His diary ends in July 1945, by which time he was commanding officer of the 4th Hussars, having recently visited Downing Street for lunch alone with the Churchills. The diaries have an enormous scope, covering time in Palestine and Egypt before he joins the Eighth Army, describing the retreat back to El Alamein, the battle and its aftermath. He ends the campaign commanding his regiment. He often graphically details the physical realities of war: the appalling conditions in the desert, the bombardments of the regiment from the air, the deaths and serious injuries of fellow soldiers. In 1943, he flies down to Rhodesia to see his wife and infant son before returning to Cairo to join Churchill's regiment, the 4th Hussars. Arriving in Italy in 1944, he recounts the campaign as the Allies push north. With a tone that varies wildly-often witty, sometimes outrageous, but also poignant and philosophical-this is not just a memoir of war but a portrait of another time that showcases the author's warmth and keen eye for the absurd.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword Military
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526759719
• Artikelnr.: 60861710

Autorenporträt

Charles Barne is a shipbroker for a Greek family. He discovered his grandfather's war diaries when clearing out their house having not known of their existence. On moving out of London to Wiltshire in 2016, he spent the following 2 ¿ years of his train commute typing up, editing and annotating the diaries. He grew up in Dorset on his grandparents' farm.