Book description
In Never Surrender Robert Kershaw captures the authentic voices of the
ordinary heroes of the Second World War, from the soldiers fighting
abroad to those battling on the home front, and creates an extraordinary
portrait of a generation fighting for survival. Beginning with
first-hand accounts of the reaction to Chamberlain's declaration of war
in 1939, Kershaw portrays the many aspects of war through the words of
those who were there, from the sailors of the little ships of Dunkirk to
German soldiers preparing for Operation 'Sea Lion'. He takes us from the
nightly horrors of the Blitz to battles in the limitless desert of North
Africa, and from jungle war in Burma to Lancaster bombers over Germany
and the beaches of Normandy. Featuring new interviews with veterans and
civilians from Britain, the Commonwealth and Germany as well as diaries,
letters, and first-hand accounts, this is a testimony to the remarkable
men and women who lived through the Second World War -- whose refusal to
surrender changed them, and Britain, forever.
