The Battle of Britain Brown Dog Books Seekings was a farm labourer’s

Seekings was a farm labourer’s son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army’s most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War

It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one could counter

This account focuses not only on the fighting but also of the personality and character of the men who fought

to famous paintings by Winslow Homer

of a strained social life in the midst of battle

The Battle of Britain Brown Dog Books Seekings was a farm labourer’sA notable account of an epic human experience' Max Hastings, Sunday Times Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war Sir Winston Churchill, speech to the House of Commons, 18 June 1940 The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were at the French coast and looking across at Britain. It seemed