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Jake Wardrop's Diary Book A Tank Regiment VG Military PIC INCL FREE POST TRACKED AU

Includes Original WWII Dated Military Portrait (21 May 1945)

discovered inside at the time of sourcing.

The photograph is clearly dated 21. Mai 1945 and bears a German photographer’s studio stamp from Uetersen. The image depicts a British Army sergeant in uniform during the immediate post-VE Day occupation period in Germany.

Taken just weeks after the end of the war in Europe, the timing places this portrait at a significant historical moment. The date creates a compelling contextual parallel with the memoir’s subject — a tank regiment sergeant serving through the final phases of the European campaign.

A genuine period piece that enhances the historical atmosphere of this already powerful account.

About the Book

Jake Wardrop’s Diary presents the firsthand account of a sergeant serving with the 5th Royal Tank Regiment during World War II. Edited by military historian George Forty, this volume chronicles the regiment’s experiences across North Africa, Italy, Normandy, and the final advance into Germany.

Drawn from Wardrop’s personal diary entries, the book provides direct insight into armoured warfare, frontline conditions, regimental structure, and daily life within a tank unit during some of the conflict’s most pivotal campaigns.

Includes acknowledgements, foreword, appendices, notes, and bibliography.

An excellent addition for collectors of:

• World War II history
• Tank and armoured warfare studies
• British Army regimental history
• Personal military memoirs

Now accompanied by an original dated 1945 military portrait from the closing chapter of the European war.

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