Offers a full explanation of the wider situation to set each VC action within the bigger picture.
Paul Oldfield was born in Sheffield and was educated at Victoria College in Jersey. After serving in the Army for thirty-six years, he became a freelance battlefield guide (he is a badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides) and a historian. In 1988, he co-authored _Sheffield City Battalion_ in the Pals series. _Cockleshell Raid_ and _Bruneval_ in Pen & Sword's Battleground Europe series were published in 2013.This is the ninth book in his _Victoria Crosses on the Western Front_ series.