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Blood and Blitzkrieg
1939: Lieutenant Joe Dean, fresh out of officer school in Australia, is on exchange with the British Army when the Germans invade Poland, and Great Britain finds itself at war. Sent to France, Joe falls in love with Yvette, a local beauty, but other eyes are also watching her. Inexperienced and homesick, Joe struggles to make his mark, both as an officer and a man.
Just as he is making progress, the Germans invade and the Allied defences in Belgium collapse in the face of the Blitzkrieg. With the British Army in headlong retreat, Joe’s platoon is forced to fight a series of desperate rearguard actions against overwhelming odds.
Cut off from their regiment and captured, Joe and his aide Corporal Smythe narrowly escape a massacre at the hands of the SS. Fleeing through occupied territory, they struggle to reach Dunkirk in the hope of a boat to England. Meanwhile, a different fate awaits Yvette…
Just as he is making progress, the Germans invade and the Allied defences in Belgium collapse in the face of the Blitzkrieg. With the British Army in headlong retreat, Joe’s platoon is forced to fight a series of desperate rearguard actions against overwhelming odds.
Cut off from their regiment and captured, Joe and his aide Corporal Smythe narrowly escape a massacre at the hands of the SS. Fleeing through occupied territory, they struggle to reach Dunkirk in the hope of a boat to England. Meanwhile, a different fate awaits Yvette…
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 7, 2013
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March 13, 2018
Not a bad read at all!
I liked the historical accuracy and military abbreviations that gave the book an air of authenticity. Yes, its a tad unbelievable that the hero survives it all, but never the less. it's an unusual setting for a war novel and very readable for that.
I don't like the use of the term '...Dove...' as the past tense of the verb 'to dive' and the author uses it at least twice! The past tense of 'Dive' is 'DIVED' !! infuriatingly bad grammar in what was in truth, a good story ... shame really.
There is a follow-on story which I shall definitely read.
I liked the historical accuracy and military abbreviations that gave the book an air of authenticity. Yes, its a tad unbelievable that the hero survives it all, but never the less. it's an unusual setting for a war novel and very readable for that.
I don't like the use of the term '...Dove...' as the past tense of the verb 'to dive' and the author uses it at least twice! The past tense of 'Dive' is 'DIVED' !! infuriatingly bad grammar in what was in truth, a good story ... shame really.
There is a follow-on story which I shall definitely read.
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