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   Sep 5, 2019 · From the City, From the Plough – Alexander Baron Summary: Spring 1944, the south coast of England. The Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment, wait patiently and nervously for the order to embark. There is boredom and fear, comedy and pathos as the men all drawn from different walks of life await the order to move.….

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   This is a fictional tale of the D-Day landings, but based on Alexander Baron’s own experiences. It tells of the Fifth Battalion, Wessex regiment, from the perspectives of both the officers and the soldiers.

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   • Author: Alexander Baron

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   More fact than fiction, the novel draws heavily on Baron’s own experiences of the war, following the men and officers of the fictional Fifth Battalion, Wessex regiment, from their training in England to D-Day and the Normandy campaign.

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   TIME. February 28, 1949 12:00 AM GMT-5. FROM THE CITY, FROM THE PLOUGH (224 pp.)—Alexander Baron — Washburn ($2.75). The 5th Battalion, Wessex Regiment, British Expeditionary Force, was...

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   The story of soldiers of the Fifth Battalion, the Wessex Regiment, in the run up to and aftermath of D-Day. Although fictional, it comes directly out of the author's own experience and is...

   • Author: Alexander Baron
   • Publisher: Black Spring Press, 2010

   • Edition: illustrated, reprint
   • Title: From the City, from the Plough

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   Alexander Baron's 5th Wessex are the usual mixture of spiv and farm hand brought together by training and torn apart in the maelstrom of 1944 Normandy. It was by no means easier for the historical battalions.

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   Who was Alexander Baron?

   • Alexander Baron served as an infantryman in World War II, and his book chronicles a division that was made up of men from London and Manchester, combined with farm boys from Wessex. About two thirds of the novel takes place in their training camp sitting above the Atlantic, as the unit prepares for D Day.

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   Why is Alexander Baron a great war story?

   • War stories tell of bravery but also the shock and horror of war. And here Alexander Baron tells the story of the Fifth Battalion, Wessex Regiment as they prepared in the run-up to D-Day and the storming of the beaches. Like any wartime story or film we come to know the leading characters and you know instantly some are not going to make it.

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   What is Alexander Baron about?

   • An engrossing depiction of life in a battalion of ordinary British soldiers in World War Two, written soon after the war by a British ex-soldier. It is, essentially, a pseudo-memoir in novel form as Alexander Baron drew heavily from his own experiences and observations (read Sean Longden's exceptional introduction and afterword for more insight).

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   What is the story behind 5th Wessex?

   • Given the fictional name of 5th Wessex, the story follows the months leading up to D-Day - endless drills, training, rumours, boredom, more rumours ... and then suddenly they're under way ... onto ships ... into landing craft.

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   Is Alexander Baron based on a true story?

   • First written in 1948, this is a piece of fiction yet it is based on Alexander Baron's real life experiences. Whilst not a huge read physically, its less than 200 pages, it's a huge read literary wise, this book is a stunning accomplishment which stands the test of time to this day.

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   Are Baron's men authentic?

   • His men are authentic, people who have made mistakes, have hopes and dreams, and that is what makes the reading of this book all the more poignant as history has already told us what will happen to most of the battalion even before we read Baron’s well-penned words.

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   Alexander Baron's 5th Wessex are the usual mixture of spiv and farm hand brought together by training and torn apart in the maelstrom of 1944 Normandy. It was by no means easier for the historical battalions.

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