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Lion Rampant

The Memoirs of an Infantry Officer from D-Day to the Rhineland

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Lion Rampant

By: Robert Woollcombe
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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Lion Rampant is Robert Woollcombe's graphic account of his experiences as a front-line infantry officer with the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the desperate battle for Normandy and the Allied advance into Germany. Vividly evoking the confusion, horror and comradeship of war - from the killing fields of Normandy bocage, through house-to-house fighting in shattered Flemish towns, to the final Rhine crossing - Lion Rampant is a powerful, authentic and moving story, telling with extraordinary clarity how the author, his fellow officers and the men of his company lived through one of the most bitter campaigns in history.

©1970 Robert Woollcombe (P)2022 Bonnier Books UK Great Britain Historical Military War England Memoir

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"One of the most vivid personal memoirs of the Second World War. Few writers have bettered his description of the experiences of front line infantrymen under the stress of battle." (Max Hastings)
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Loved the stories and the wit amongst the men.
The courage they showed was something I fear no longer exists on these Isles.
Such a pity.

Fantastic narration, writer has great wit.

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A first hand account which is difficult for historians and writers on the subject to know, the small details you only get from firsthand knowledge

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