The Road to Le Paradis - 2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment, May 1940
The Road to Le Paradis - 2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment, May 1940 With Peter Hart Part of Infantry Week on WW2TV • Infantry Week A look at the actions of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment in Belgium and France in 1940. The most famous incident was the terrible massacre of members of the Regiment at a farmhouse by Waffen-SS forces in the village of Le Paradis. But before that event the men had fought on the River Dyle near Wavre in Belgium and then on the Escault canal in France. Through his interviews with participants, Peter will share this important chapter. Peter Hart worked as the Oral Historian of the Imperial War Museum from 1981-2020. He is the author of several military history books on the First & Second World Wars. / peterhart1915 Pete and Gary's Military History Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Peter's previous appearances on WW2TV: Footsloggers: 16th DLI at Monte Camino 1944 • Footsloggers: 16th DLI at Monte Camino 1944 Footsloggers: The 16th Durham Light Infantry in Italy https://youtube.com/live/Sjqhk0bT6Dsm... The South Nottinghamshire Hussars and the Battle of Knightsbridge https://youtube.com/live/ESPhN74WsnU Burning Steel - The 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in Normandy and the ETO https://youtube.com/live/_CV6ptlI93A Buy the book: UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/At-Sharp-End... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97808505... Please click subscribe for updates and the bell icon for notifications You can become a Patron and support us here / ww2tv You can become a YouTube Member and support us here / @ww2tv Social Media links - / ww2tv / ww2tv / ww2tv For First World War content follow our sister channel WW1TV / @ww1tvchannel WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame / ww2tv
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