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The Sharp End The Fighting Man in World War II
The Sharp End The Fighting Man in World War II
Author: John Ellis
In any army, it is only a minority of men who end up as combat soldiers, at the "sharp end" where they have to shoot and be shot at, but it is their experiences that are the most intense and reveal most directly what war is actually like. John Ellis has drawn together the testimony of men who fought with the British, Commonwealth, and American a...  more »
ISBN: 418173
Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 372
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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Only those who served in the front line can understand what the ordinary infantryman had to endure in WWII, but now John Ellis describes it, telling of human experience, not strategy.

This book gives a detailed account of what the Second World War was like for the common fighting man.


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