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  • The Story of a Tank Crew at War
  • Written by: John Dingley
  • Narrated by: Alan Turton
  • Length: 4 hrs and 36 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Challenging the Beast

Written by: John Dingley
Narrated by: Alan Turton
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Publisher's Summary

This is story of a tank crew and troop in a modern war, a type of "Modern Fury” of Brad Pitt fame. The Gulf War of 1990-91 was probably the last major deployment of arms by the UK on such a scale and a larger gathering of armour than the Battle of Kursk in WW II.

This is a personal account of the Gulf War 1990-91 and the liberation of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm / Operation Granby by a Troop Leader in a front line tank squadron; B Squadron The 14/20th Kings Hussars, 4th Armoured Brigade, 1 British Division. Forward by General Sir Richard Shirreff.

This is not a political or strategic study, but a look at the lives of the men who lived and fought on and from their tanks. It is a personal first hand account of the lives of soldiers in a desert war.

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©2016 John Dingley (P)2020 John Dingley

What the critics say

"No striving after heroics, none of the bull s--t so common among many war memoirs: Just good, plain down to Earth stuff devoid of modern "spin". I thought this an excellent read (John Hollands author of The Dead The Dying and The Damned)

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