Status Updates From Red Crown & Dragon: 53rd We...

For 10 days the 53rd fought in the rain, snow and mud to clear the Reichswald. Casualties were great but they succeeded, the Seigfried line had been breached. The fight would now continue in Germany.

The Division have a vital role to play in the Battle of the Bulge. A not so great way to celebrate Xmas and thr New Year.

The 53rd Welsh Division have spent August in battles in support of the Arnhem operation. Small actions but still bloody.

The division are now heavily engaged in the fighting. Casualties are heavy, especially amongst officers and NCO's. Progress forward has been minimal.
It's now August and after an horrendous July with horrific casualties the 53rd are able to break out of the Normandy beachhead.

The division are now heavily engaged in the fighting. Casualties are heavy, especially amongst officers and NCO's. Progress forward has been minimal.

Finally on 14th June 1944 the 53rd Welsh Division landed in Normandy. The time was now for the division to show it's worth.

I like this book but there are too many (unexplained) abbreviations and the author spells most Dutch placenames wrong or uses the (wrong) French equivalent.