{"product_id":"me-my-father-and-i-normandy-to-hamburg-a-tankies-story-hardcover-1","title":"Me, My Father and I: Normandy to Hamburg: A Tankies story - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCalum Meadows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1940, my father joined the 9th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment; he was 17. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrooper 7952180 hit the Normandy beaches on June 9th 1944 - my mission: to live his war again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plan was simple. On my return from a road trip to France, I would write a book about his exploits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo retrace his journey through North West Europe, I put myself into his Tankie boots and hoped to combine historical facts with photographs, war diaries and stories from his war years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped inside his body, I find myself driving a tank in Normandy and then across the battlefields of NW Europe from Sword Beach to Hamburg. And there is another problem. I must survive like he did to return to my safe, modern-day life, and I can only do this by reliving his war again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDates and places are accurate, and some names have been changed, but my imagination was needed to fill in the gaps. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a retired, beer-drinking, Prog rock-loving Munro-bagger who lives on the marshes in North Norfolk. In my sensible business life as an ex-UK and Ireland country leader, I worked 35 years for a global company making detergent. For too long, I harboured the desire to tell a story about a remarkable man who lived unremarkably. COVID allowed this to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Me, My Father And I' is my attempt to write a WW2 book about his adventures in the 44th RTR and a memoir about parts of our life together. With no previous writing experience except business reporting, probably more fiction than fact, this project took me on a journey of discovery I should have completed many years ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48707188687097,"sku":"9781917293020","price":26.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MnLY3DeGm29781917293020_fa0a1d52-72ae-4b48-8f3c-3d8baea1feec.webp?v=1784891547","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/me-my-father-and-i-normandy-to-hamburg-a-tankies-story-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}