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This memoir of an English man (who signed up for the army on Sept. 3, 1939) described the phoney war. There was rather more foie gras and champagne than I would have expected. From their arrival in France until the start of the hot war on May 10, they didnt sound like an army. No pitched tents, no actual camp. They billeted in homes with French, more like a high school exchange abroad than an army. Oh some were in forts. I appreciated his description of the Maginot Line. At first I was confused and felt I was reading about WWI instead of WWII, and the soldiers themselves were referencing that war. Why not? It would have been their best description of what to expect. The book ends with the retreat and evacuation at Dunkirk which seemed less the miracle that Churchill called it and an incredible snafu. Thank goodness the British go a do over.I enjoyed the authors sense of humor, though sometimes he was a bit more flip than seemed appropriate. On the beach, awaiting rescue while being bombed, he criticizes the tactless statement of fact from another soldier. I learned some interesting vocab: sterbensraum, blocus. He mentions a Dubonnet poster. At first hes elated in the spring when, after 6 months of waiting, he finally sees the enemy, but he also seems personally offended, almost shocked, whenever anyone is shot at. War is not a normal human state; why shouldnt he exhibit contradictory emotions. His description of Lilles supplies being opened so that the Germans cannot loot them reminded me of a similar description in Diary of a Woman in Berlin. His job was to supply his segment of the army, without possessing actual funds. It sounds as though the British never paid, although since the book ends right after the evacuation, its not surprising he doesnt add that. Further research required. He states that the problem isnt whether a soldier obeys orders but whether he receives any at all. On p. 309, as they wait on the beach under bombardment, he says, In our urgency we forgot things as quickly as animals, we had the memories of monkeys.
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