The Rifles Are There

Told by the men who lived it, this is a military history of two British Army battalions who landed at Normandy and fought in Europe during World War II. This is the long overdue history of the two Royal Ulster Rifles battalions during the Second World War. Although there was a healthy rivalry between the battalions, both reserved their fighting skills for the luckless enemy. At the outbreak of the war the 1st Battalion was garrisoned in India whereas the 2nd went to France with the BEF. Indeed,