{"product_id":"normandy-the-bocage-to-jes-mainwaring-9781036139339","title":"Normandy - The Bocage to Belsen: The Memoirs of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Mainwaring MC","description":"\u003cb\u003eA frontline artillery officer recounts decisive campaigns from Normandy to Germany, detailing leadership under fire and strategic power in World War II and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1989, Major Harry Mainwaring--veteran of two wars and career officer of the Royal Artillery--recorded six hours of memories spanning some of the most decisive military events of the twentieth century. This book brings together those recordings with the informed perspective of his son, creating a rare primary-source narrative that illuminates both the front-line experience of a British artillery officer and the broader strategic developments of the Second World War and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommissioned in March 1940, Harry served throughout the war with the 53rd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, a formation tasked with providing the long-range firepower that shaped operations from the Normandy breakout to the drive across North-West Europe. His recollections follow the Regiment through England's years of preparation, coastal defence, and the transformation to mobile, mechanised warfare. After landing in France shortly after D-Day, Harry witnessed the brutal artillery duels of the bocage, the slog through Belgium and Holland, and the final push into Germany--eleven months of continuous operations that tested every skill of a Gunner officer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Harry's military story did not end in 1945. In the uncertain years of Britain's post-war decline, he returned to uniform with the Royal Army Education Corps--only to be deployed once more, this time to the Korean War, where British forces fought in some of the Cold War's most challenging campaigns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending operational detail with candid personal testimony, this memoir offers military-history readers an invaluable window into artillery warfare, leadership under fire, and the lived reality of a soldier shaped by two global conflicts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jes Mainwaring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036139336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036139339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jes Mainwaring","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097270984959,"sku":"9781036139339","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/normandy-the-bocage-to-jes-mainwaring-9781036139339","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}