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Burning Steel

A Tank Regiment at War, 1939-45

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Burning Steel

By: Peter Hart
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
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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.

©2022 Peter Hart (P)2023 Tantor Military War

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Can understand why the referencing of who, rank and regiment etc. but thought it could have been grouped to be less repetitive.
A fascinating story of memories non the less how the men went through so much seeing friends and comrades killed and the madness of war and the long lasting friendships made.

Ordinary men doing what was needed

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A amazing book of the real life stories this is a great collection of stores that come from the horses mouth. We are lucky to have this archive of stories.

Don’t make them like That any more

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Having read Brothers in Arms, I didn’t think the book would live up to expectations. Fear not, I love this book and I’ll definitely listen to it again.

Another brilliant account of the Second World War

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this is simply put the best thing I have ever come across on audible, absolutely fantastic listen.

amazing

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What I love about this is it is full of first hand accounts by people that were there. What is also nice is it goes right tbrough to the end of the war and beyond.

Accounts of people actually there. Excellent

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What a fantastic listen! From the vickers to the Cromwell! A great journey through the war through the eyes of the everyday people

A gripping personal view of a group of every day people at war

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what a book! from start to finish you feel like your there. I've learnt so much about these brave men and am so grateful there memories will be forever remembered in this amazing book! 👏

so grateful there brave mens stories have been recorded!

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First the history: It’s great. A well written, accessible and moving account of a single units war. I would recommend it to anyone

Now the bad: the narrator is weird. Badly weird l. For a while I thought it was an ai voice. Pretty much every single Scottish name of place is mispronounced (Kirkcaldy becomes Kir-cal-dee). While that can be forgivable sometimes it can’t be in this case as the unit in question and the majority of its personnel are Scottish. Bizarrely this continues with other non Scottish words. For example the city of Aden becomes Ah-den. What was the producer doing? In the age of Google this isn’t really excusable and, sadly, detracts from what is otherwise an excellent work

Great book let down by poor narrator

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This was a fantastic listen, couldn’t put it down. The stories are really good and you get to know the characters. The only negative is the repetition of ‘2nd F&FY’ after every paragraph. Other than that, brilliant.

Brilliant - fantastic stories

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Really enjoyed this book by Peter Hart. Well written and well narrated. If I had anything negative to say it would be the constant use of name, troop, squadron and 2F&FY after each and every paragraph. However, you soon get used to it and it doesn’t detract from the excellent story. Well worth a look.

A good listen

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