Nick Hewitt has worked as a historian for the Imperial War Museums and now works for the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust.
"Firing On Fortress Europepresents first-hand, personal accounts of
members of HMS Belfast's crew alongside her log books to bring to
life the role the ship played in the invasion in 1944."-- "The
Irish News"
"A number of first-hand, personal accounts of members of HMS
Belfast - the Royal Navy warship from which one of the first shots
of D-Day was fired - have also been revealed in a new book, Firing
On Fortress Europe, published by the museum. It presents the
accounts from the ship's crew alongside her log books to bring to
life the role the ship played in the invasion in 1944. Accounts,
images, journals and recorded interviews reveal stories from King
George VI visiting before HMS Belfast left British waters, to
narrowly avoiding explosions, rescuing and treating the wounded and
going ashore to clear the beaches."-- "The Daily Mail"
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