June 6, 1944: Gold, Sword, Juno Beach. 1/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
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🗓️ 5 June 2023
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June 6, 1944: Gold, Sword, Juno Beach. 1/8: Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day, by James Holland
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08YS123SZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
In the annals of World War II, certain groups of soldiers stand out, and among the most notable were the Sherwood Rangers. Originally a cavalry unit in the last days of horses in combat, whose officers were landed gentry leading men who largely worked for them, they were switched to the “mechanized cavalry” of tanks in 1942. Winning acclaim in the North African campaign, the Sherwood Rangers then spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944; led the way across France; were the first British troops to cross into Germany, and contributed mightily to Germany’s surrender in May 1945.
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| 0:41.6 | Normandy, 1944. That is a piece of the vast story told by the historian James Holland in his new book, |
| 0:50.2 | Brothers and Arms, one legendary tank regiments, |
| 0:54.0 | Bloody War from D-Day to V-E-Day. We're going to travel with the |
| 1:00.2 | Army of the United Kingdom, a vast landscape in 1939 when the war broke out. |
| 1:07.4 | Because at that time the British Empire spanned the globe and we're going to follow one particular unit |
| 1:14.0 | that begins the war as formerly a cavalry regiment in Palestine and is transformed into a |
| 1:23.6 | Sherman tank regiment charging across France and Belgium into Germany. |
| 1:28.6 | I welcome James. I congratulate him. We've had wonderful times speaking of his earlier books, |
| 1:34.1 | Normandy, 44 and then the story of Sicily. But now we are with the Sherwood Rangers |
| 1:41.2 | Yomonry. James, congratulations and good evening. The Sherwood Rangers Yomonry in 1939 are a |
| 1:49.2 | cavalry regiment and a man by the name of Christopherson is with him. What is the cavalry regiment to |
| 1:56.7 | be transformed into and what does that mean for the very young Christopherson? He's from South Africa |
| 2:04.1 | but he's in a cavalry regiment. Good evening to you. |
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