Burning Steel

A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45

Peter Hart

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English

Profile
19 July 2022

History; Second World War; Military vehicles

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the men themselves recall some of the most dramatic and horrific scenes imaginable - the sheer nerve-wracking tension of serving in highly inflammable Sherman tanks, the sudden impact of German shells, the desperate scramble to bail out, and the awful fate of those who couldn't. Even if they made it out of the tank, they were still vulnerable to being brutally cut down by German infantry.

Yet amidst these horrors, the humanity of these men shines through. And as we follow in their tracks, through letters, diaries and eye-witness accounts, they will change how we think about tank warfare forever.

By: Peter Hart
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781788166393
ISBN 10: 1788166396
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 19 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. A prolific military history author, he has appeared in various television programmes, acted as a guide for the army, runs his own battlefield tour company and has a successful weekly podcast series Pete & Gary's Military History.

Reviews for Burning Steel: A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45

'Praise for Peter Hart: 'A superb account of the tactics that finally brought victory on the Western Front' - Max Hastings 'Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining: Peter Hart is a historian and author at the peak of his powers' - Richard van Emden 'Exquisite ... Hart lets these [men] speak' - Gerard de Groot 'Memory can play false, of course, but these recollections, admirably curated, have authenticity' - Allan Mallinson