Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day
Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day The Story of Die Hard Jeff Haward Author:Neil Barber Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9.25" Pages:176 Photos:25 black and white illustrations Publisher:Pen and Sword Military ISBN:9781399013871 Item No. 9781399013871 Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk to D-Day is the compelling story of a man belonging to a group of which there are now very few survivors. Jeff Haward MM is a pre-war Territorial Army soldier who enlisted merely for something to do in the evenings. Consequently, he fought throughout the entirety of the Second World War. Jeff is a Die Hard, the historic name given to men of the famous Middlesex Regiment. He joined the 1/7th Battalion, a machine-gun battalion, equipped with the British Armys iconic Vickers medium machine gun.Following evacuation from Dunkirk, the 1/7th, while refitting and re-equipping, carried out coastal defence duties in preparation for the German in