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by Peter White (Author)
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  • Paperback: 560 pages
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (24 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0750930578
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750930574
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58,137 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Born in battle, Peter White's journal is one of the most extraordinary stories to come out of the World War II. As a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorized journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries and into Germany in the closing months of the war in Europe. Forbidden by his commanding officer from doing so for security reasons, Peter's boyhood habit of diary keeping had become an obsession too strong to shake off. In this graphic evocation of a soldier at war, the images he records are not for the faint hearted. There are heroes aplenty within its pages, but there are also disturbing insights into the darker sides of humanity - the men who broke under the strain and who ran away; the binge drinking which occasionally rendered the whole platoon unable to fight; the looting, the rape, and the callous disregard for human life that happens when death is a daily companion. Hidden away for more than 50 years, this is a rare opportunity to read an authentic account of the horrors of war experienced by a British soldier in the greatest conflict of the 20th century.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A true picture of Infantry warfare, 12 Sep 2001
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This is a stunning book, written as a novel but apparently a (barely) edited diary of a platoon commander in WW2 as he experiences a truly rotten cocktail of, amongst other things, frequent contact with the enemy, the desperate cold and tiredness and the vaguaries of senior commanders' plans. The black and white nature in which the author depicts terrifying events is amazing. This book must be read by anyone who wants to understand quite how horrible the life of an Infantryman was during the push through Holland and Germany 1944/5. The only down side to whole book is the remarkable oversight in giving the reader any worthwhile maps on which to follow the rapidly moving action. This would make the book a lot more easier to follow and I suggest that maybe for any second edition and/or paperback that this point should be addressed.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling first-hand account of the push into Germany, 12 Mar 2002
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Peter White, a lieutenant of the kings own scottish borderers kept a diary of events in his company during their push through Belgium and Holland through Germany to the end of the war.
Thank god he did... because it provides such a fantasic glimpse into the hearts and minds of the men thrust into a nightmare world. Peter's humanity shines throughout his account... villains, heroes and cowards alike....he is totally unjudgemental of his colleagues and of the enemy. You can feel the tensions, pains, joys and disapointments with Peters Company...as he takes you into his world and you travel with him to the end.
This book is a must read!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mud, sweat and blood for us too, 4 Sep 2003
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Having slowly become addicted to military history, I've particularly enjoyed the grunt's eye view of battle, or more accurately, hanging around and waiting to be killed. The Sorrow of War, snippets in Stalingrad from diaries and Band of Brothers. However, it always seemed that such social histories were written about others. Glamourous Americans fighting across Europe, Exotic Vietnamese in guerilla engagements. In comparison my knowledge of the poor old British Tommy, or Jock, was poor. Did we have a boring regulation war? Did any turn their hand to recording the realities and horrors. White's book is an answer, an emphatic yes. It is is a diary, not a considered retrospective, so it does just give surnames and his officer-eye view. But his descriptions of huddling the earth in a scrape are incredibly evocative. It brings it home the mud, the sweat and the wasteful blood spilt as brave men battled.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unput-downable WW2 memoir
A gripping military memoir of a young English officer in a territorial (reserve) lowland Scots Battalion in the closing (and freezing) months of WW2 in Europe. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Patrick D. Russell

5.0 out of 5 stars Honest sweat, toil and tears
I have read much about war. Many books focus on the boredom, or the terror or the downright futilty. This book however, with its almost detached prose, moved me like no other. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Ian Sinclair

5.0 out of 5 stars with the jocks
Having read this excellent book..im from the scottish borders..i gave it to my father to read and he was able to identify two or three of the men mentioned in the book. Read more
Published 14 months ago by A. murphy

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling
This is a disturbing and compelling read. It is the diary of a young conscripted officer (and artist) who was thrust into battle in Europe in 1944. Read more
Published on 12 Jul 2007 by nmacleod

5.0 out of 5 stars A harrowing journey
Anyone wishing to experience at first hand the horrors and mental strain of combat should delve into Peter White's fascinating personal archive. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2007 by R. Fraser

3.0 out of 5 stars a traditional british officer's memoirs
i approached this text having read a description of it as different from the others. unfortunately i discovered that, althought the dramatic events were as well described as... Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2001 by JBS

5.0 out of 5 stars Reality Bites
the astonishing thing is the brief period of time the book covers - september 44 till the end of the war in may 45. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Ranks as one of the best memoirs of WW2
Peter White has captured the realities of war in his memoir of the last year of WW2. From his first experiences of battle through to the occupation of Germany in 1945 his... Read more
Published on 23 Jul 2001

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