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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 armies in all theaters of World War II, from Western Europe to Burma and from North Africa to the Pacific. He uses these eyewitness accounts to explain how they were trained, the different landscapes and climates in which they fought, their attitudes and aspirations, how they relaxed when they were out of the line, and, above all, how they reacted to the experience of battle.

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John Ellis is the author of Brute ForceEye-Deep in Hell, The Social History of the Machine Gun, and The World War II Databook, and the coauthor of The World War I Databook. Max Hastings is an award-winning journalist whose titles include Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, The Korean War, and Retribution: The Battle for Japan.

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"'It is the most comprehensive, best balanced, most sensitive and best informed study of the condition of the fighting man in our time.' General Sir John Hackett 'John Ellis has written an essential account of the experience of the unknown soldier.... No one who opens this book will again lightly pronounce the words "World War Three".' John Keegan 'I believe John Ellis to be an exceptionally gifted writer and historian. I have returned to The Sharp End many times.' Len Deighton 'It would not be easy to find a better book about war... Mr Ellis has got it exactly right.' Major-General John Strawson"

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  • PublisherAurum Press
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 1845134591
  • ISBN 13 9781845134594
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages416
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