- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; a edition (20 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750936940
- ISBN-13: 978-0750936941
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 469,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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D-Day's only Victoria Cross winner, Stanley Hollis was uniquely recommended for this coveted award twice on 6 June. A tough, working-class rebel, Hollis was no model soldier: he was forever being 'busted' to corporal for various misdemeanours, only to win his stripes back again. Few soldiers can have seen as much close combat action as Stanley Hollis. He fought with the Green Howards at Dunkirk, in the Western Desert, in Italy, on D-Day and through France and Germany to the end of the war. Seriously wounded and taken prisoner by the Afrika Korps, Hollis was personally congratulated by Rommel, then made a daring escape. In Italy, he was recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal and was later mentioned in despatches, going on to undertake a dangerous undercover reconnaissance of the Normandy invasion beaches. On 6 June 1944 Stanley Hollis was involved in two actions that led to his award. During the primary assault, Hollis single-handedly stormed a German pillbox, saving his company from certain injury and death and enabling them to open the main beach exit. Later that day he saved the lives of two comrades trapped by heavy gunfire in a collapsing house. Fully illustrated with archive photographs and ephemera, this unique biography of a little-known British Second World War hero shows the real man behind the heroic image. Mike Morgan has received the Hollis family's full co-operation and draws exclusively on personal diaries, letters and other memorabilia.
About the Author
Mike organ is a senior journalist with the Middlesbrough Evening Gazette and author of Daggers Drawn and Sting of the Scorpion. He is a winner of the government's national Race in the Media Award for Campaigning Journalism and a former Yorkshire Press Awards News Reporter and News Feature Writer of theYear. He lives in Whitby.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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A terrific read! The fire-eating exploits of CSM Stanley Hollis V.C from Dunkirk to Normandy via "the bag" in N.Africa and blistering actions in Sicily are rendered with an accuracy and attention to detail seldom found. CSM Stanley Hollis comes to life within its pages and what we see is a rare man indeed. Using original material and the stories of those who knew Stanley Hollis best the author shows us a complex and fascinating character. A brilliant read which should remind us all of the significance of June 6th. 1944. A must read!
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Stanley Hollis VC,
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This review is from: D-Day Hero: CSM Stanley Hollis VC (Hardcover)
This book by Mike Morgan is excellent,In my opinion it is well researched and well written.one of my relations served with Hollis throughout the war and the book has certainly answered a lot of questions for me.Men like Hollis only come along once in a lifetime and Mike Morgan has done him and his comrades proud,After all where would we have been without the likes of Hollis and his ilk, well done Mike Morgan on producing a cracking read on a great British hero.
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Fantastic,
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This review is from: D-Day Hero: CSM Stanley Hollis VC (Hardcover)
D-Day Hero is a fantastic book about a true British Hero. Company Sergeant Major Stanley Elton Hollis VC of the 6th battalion The Green Howards, was one fo those dauntless fighting men who without knowing it set a standard to which young soldiers can aspire to.Author Mike Morgan has captured the feeling of apprehension, initiative and courage of the men involved in the D-Day landings, and the special character of the only man to be awarded the VC on D-Day. Once again author Mike Morgan's tireless research has made D-Day Hero a really interesting and informative book to read.
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