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Born in 1950 and a graduate of Reading University, Robert Kershaw joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973.

He served numerous regimental appointments until selected to command the 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 PARA). He attended the German Staff College (Fuhrungsakademie) spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German and has extensive experience with NATO, multinational operations and all aspects of operations and training.

His active service includes several tours in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War and Bosnia. He has exercised in many parts of the world and served in the Middle East and Africa. His final army appointment was with the Intelligenc ...more

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	Tank Men: The Human Story of Tanks at War 4.31 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 2008 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Never Snows In September: The German View Of Market-Garden And The Battle Of Arnhem September 1944 4.17 avg rating — 527 ratings — published 1990 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Without Garlands: Barbarossa 1941/42 4.27 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk 4.26 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach 4.27 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hours at Waterloo: 18 June 1815 4.39 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never surrender : lost voices of a generation at war 4.31 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Street in Arnhem: The Agony of Occupation and Liberation 4.16 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2014 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hours at the Somme: 1 July 1916 4.23 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	D-Day: Piercing the Atlantic Wall 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“They had straddled the British trenches, ‘crushing the sides of our own trench out of shape with their machine-guns swivelling around and firing like mad.’ Their commanding officer furiously rained blows on the side of one of them with his staff cane, trying to get them to stop. Nobody knew what they were, except that they were British. ‘There was a bulge on each side with the door in the bulging part,’ observed Chaney, ‘and machine-guns on swivels poked out from either side.”
― Robert Kershaw, Tank Men

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“Explosions keep crashing all over the place. All you can feel is the nightmare noise of the bombs, whose whistling becomes louder and louder the closer they get. You have the feeling that they are zeroed in precisely on you; you wait with tense muscles. The explosion comes like a relief. But then there is another one, then there are two more and ten more . . . the whistling sounds are superimposed and criss-crossed like a fabric without gaps; the explosions blend in a ceaseless thunder. When the intensity of that sound abates for a moment, you can hear yourself gasping for air. So, here we are, motionless, silent, crouched, hunched over, mouth open so that your ear-drums will not burst.”
― Robert Kershaw, Tank Men: The Human Story of Tanks at War

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