Ep 420: 12 Days of Christmas – Warriors for the Working Day

Ep 420: 12 Days of Christmas – Warriors for the Working Day

Al reads a chapter from Warriors for the Working Day. The novel is based on events from June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy, to the invasion of Germany in the Spring of 1945. The book describes fighting by the men of a small unit of British tanks during this period, with the focus on one tank crew.

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