D-Day Hero : CSM Stanley Hollis VC,9780750936941

D-Day Hero : CSM Stanley Hollis VC

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ISBN13: 9780750936941
ISBN10: 0750936940
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-09-15
Publisher(s): Sutton Pub Ltd
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Summary

D-Day saw Hollis create history with his inimitable brand of raw courage, being involved in two blistering VC actions. During the vanguard of the primary assault on Gold Beach, he single-handedly stormed a hidden German pillbox, saving his company from certain death and enabling them to open up the main beach exit. Later that day, he saved the lives of two more comrades trapped by heavy enemy gunfire. Fully illustrated with rare archive photographs, this biography of a great British Second World War soldier shows the real man behind the heroic image. Mike Morgan has received the Hollis family's and The Green Howards' full cooperation and draws exclusively on personal papers, records, interviews and other memorabilia.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Field Marshal Lord Inge vii
A Modern View of Heroes by General Sir Michael Walker xi
Campaign Map xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Prologue D-Day Cataclysm 1(10)
One A Rebellious Yorkshire Upbringing 11(10)
Two A Truly Indestructible Soldier 21(18)
Three Storm of Retribution 39(12)
Four A Fearless Fighting Legend 51(18)
Five Stan's Courage Inspired D-Day Victory 69(18)
Six Suicide Attacks 87(8)
Seven The Man They Couldn't Kill 95(16)
Eight Our Hero through the Years 111(22)
Nine Stan's Legend Lives On 133(8)
Epilogue 141(2)
Appendices
I Stan's Official Citation
143(2)
II A Short History of The Green Howards
145(6)
III Gold Beach, Normandy, 6 June 1944 - Order of Battle
151(2)
IV The Green Howards Second World War Medal Winners
153(6)
V The Green Howards 6th Battalion Fighting Service during the Second World War
159(4)
VI The Green Howards Normandy Roll of Honour
163(2)
Bibliography 165(2)
Index 167

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