Battle diary : Tunisia, Italy & Palestine 1943-46 /
"Always to be found where the battle was fiercest or the shelling most intense, giving courage to the wounded and dying, Fr George Forbes, former Grenadier Guards officer, a Benedictine monk of Ampleforth, in wartime Chaplain to the Guards Brigade, tells his own experience of the Italian campai...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Ampleforth] :
Ampleforth Abbey Trust,
2013.
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| Edition: | Paper edition. |
| Series: | Saint Laurence papers ;
12. |
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| Summary: | "Always to be found where the battle was fiercest or the shelling most intense, giving courage to the wounded and dying, Fr George Forbes, former Grenadier Guards officer, a Benedictine monk of Ampleforth, in wartime Chaplain to the Guards Brigade, tells his own experience of the Italian campaign of 1943-45, and adds some thoughtful comments in an Appendix on the distressing handover of prisoners to the Russians and Jugoslavs at the end of World War 2 -- "one of those cases when, whatever answer you give, you are bound to be wrong". Forbes writes simply and clearly, not without humour, and gives a unique view of the front line battles fought by the men he was with for three years. Much of the fighting was in mountains up to 3000 feet high (1000 m), where ice, rain and mud were worse enemies than the German Army (which emerges with respect). Notes on the people named and an index of army terms make the book a stand-alone read"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Battle Diary, the account of his war experiences, was written by Fr George Forbes in 1947 or 1948 soon after his return to his Monastery"--Page 3. |
| Physical Description: | 124 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780955835728 (pbk.) 0955835720 (pbk.) |