Shortlisted for the 2023 Military History Matters Book of the Year Award The only way to truly understand what it was like to fight in the Second World War is to listen to the experiences of those men who were there. And often, there was nowhere more dangerous than on the ground. In Footsloggers, Peter Hart reconstructs one infantry battalion's war in staggering detail. Based on his interviews with members of the 16th Durham Light Infantry, Hart bears witness not only to their comradeship, suffering, dreadful losses and individual tragedies, but also their courage and self-sacrifice as they fought their way across North Africa, Italy and Greece. This is a human look at the inhuman nature of war from the author of At Close Range and Burning Steel.

The latest volume in Peter Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series, combining gripping history with vivid eyewitness testimony

About the Author
Peter Hart was the oral historian at the Imperial War Museum for nearly 40 years. A prolific military history author, he has acted as an army guide, runs his own battlefield tour company and has a successful weekly podcast series, Pete & Gary's Military History. His previous books for Profile include At Close Range and The Last Battle.

Reviews
Another powerful entry in Hart's 'British Band of Brothers' series -- Major Gordon Corrigan
Powerful, vivid and haunting ... the boredom, horror, humour, and everything else that went with life at the front [makes this] an emotional ride -- Andrew Mulholland * The Past *
Praise for Peter Hart: 'Thought provoking, erudite, yet eminently readable and entertaining ... A historian and author at the peak of his powers -- Richard van Emden
Exquisite ... Hart lets these [men] speak -- Gerard de Groot * The Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9781800810709
Author Peter Hart
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint Profile Books Ltd
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 670g
Dimensions(mm) 238mm * 162mm * 40mm