Arras Counter-Attack 1940

This well-organized book begins with the prewar origins of the British armored force and expertly covers the expansion of the army as war loomed. With this interesting prelude, the author then dives into the battle, giving the reader a soldier’s view of the action. While it stands well as a history, the book is also intended as a tour book to be used on a visit to the battlefield. As such it is well supplied with useful maps and illustrations. – “WWII History Magazine”

Tim Saunders is a former soldier, author, documentary maker, and battlefield guide with a lifelong interest in military history. Educated at Clayesmore School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served as an officer in the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment for thirty years before becoming a Volunteer Rifleman. Tim has appeared in programmes such as Time Team and Victoria Coren’s Balderdash and Piffle. He and a group of other historians run Battlefield History TV, having produced over fifty full-length military history documentaries covering topics from the Viking Invasion of Wessex through to the Cold War. Since beginning his writing career during his military service, Tim has authored fifteen books, principally on the Second World War, covering campaigns from Eben Emael in 1940, through Crete (the German Airborne Invasion), and battles from the Normandy Beaches to the Rhine in 1945.