Many, many battles are described, most illustrated as overlays on contemporaneous photo-recon photographs. They and their Sherman tanks covered thousands of miles and endured some of the fiercest fighting in Western Europe. The SRY being on the offensive most of the time meant the Germans had the advantage firing the first shot, which, whether from an anti-tank Gun, German tank, or from a Panzerfaust held by an infantryman was often fatal to the SRY tank if not always the crew as well.

You see, a tank has thick armor to protect the crew, but what good is the armor if they can't see the threat?In “Brothers in Arms ” James Holland skillfully tells the story of a quintessential British regiment of civilians in uniform. He made it his duty to locate the bodies of Regimental members killed in action and ensure their proper burial and recording of their graves for future relocation. James Holland is a well-known WW II historian and has written many books (and I've read most of them). That's either a signal for a night attack,' he said to his driver, Bert Crowhurst, 'or else peace has been declared.

You are also brought along with the officers and the enlisted men who make up the unit and who suffer like all of the rest giving their life for peace hopefully. Hills felt stunned with relief and overwhelming joy - but then, after about half an hour or so, he missed Denis more than at any other moment and so he left the celebrations and went to bed. For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare--poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. The interplay of personal stories with the broader strategic picture makes this book especially illuminating .likewise, amid the numbers that demarcate hills of military deployments, Holland takes us down to the individual's experience. It was all rather bewildering, but Render recognized he was being given sound advice and determined to follow it religiously. When the tank is not moving or firing, the stale air reeks of “food, sweat and piss,” Holland informs us in his matter-of-fact tone.