Brothers in Arms

Published: July 11, 2023, noon

The Sherwood Rangers were a British tank regiment during the Second World War.\xa0 They served in North Africa where they fought in the battles of Alam El Hafa and Second El Alamein and helped drive Germany\u2019s Afrika Corps out of Tunisia.\xa0 Next, the Sherwood Rangers landed in Normandy on D-Day.\xa0 They lead the drive out of France, across Belgium, and into Germany.\xa0 It was a hard slog, and they paid a price.\xa0 The Sherwood Rangers tank crews suffered 148% casualties just in the European campaign.\xa0 James Holland tells their story at a personal level in this book.\xa0