I enjoyed the diary entries and reading a WW2 book from someone who isn't American, which is what I usually read. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys personal narratives.

NetGalley, Ashley Schomer

Nick Murrel has done a very fine job of editing Dunkirk to the Rhineland. His farther was called up as a reservist in June 1939, having worked for Ordance Survey, and he brought a keen eye for detail and the skills of a technical draughtsman to the task of keeping recording his wartime experiences.

He is to be commended for ensuring his father's insights into the nature of war in a Guards battalion can ow be appreciated by a wide audience.

Guards Magazine

It's not often that I read a book twice but this was one of them. I found the book a totally absorbing story, picking up different small details after each read, all which painted a very moving picture of a normal soldier in peace and war, his thoughts and fears. I recommend this book without hesitation, and would like to thanks Pen and Sword Books for the review copy.

Military Modelcraft International

Guardsman to Sergeant.

This book covers his experiences from the Blitzkrieg on Arras to the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940 and then the invasion of Normandy on D- Day 1944.

It is a personal story of the authors experience at war, making his diary entries sometimes under fire. What adds to this fascinating diary is the authors own superb art work and makes this a powerful and exciting memoir.

Edited by his son Nick Murrell who only discovered his fathers diaries after his death in 1987.

WW2 Connection

Dunkirk to the Rhineland is written using the diary and sketches of C S Murrell of the Welsh Guards, and as such is a first hand account of the major conflicts of the Second World War. Covering the blitzkrieg on Arras, the Dunkirk beaches and the battle for Normandy amongst others, this is a humble, humorous and unpretending, providing a fascinating read that is perfect for either the first time reader of this period, or the hardened veteran. Detailing the heroics of thrilling motor bike rides, intelligence information gathering and the reception of the liberated villages, it also covers the grisly fanaticism of the Nazis, the recovery of the dead and the sadness of loosing comrades in conflict. Illustrated with the author's own incredible sketches (which include equipment, vehicles - tanks etc - and people), it is easy to imagine the author writing his entries under mortar fire and in between combat - indeed the horrors of war are retold in gruesome detail as fitting with the level of detail in his other entries. In fact, this level of detail is so exceptional, the reader is often transported back in time and place to the author's location (whether this be in transport to a new locale, or in the trenches under enemy fire), completing the journey with him - from the (from his own admittance) undignified evacuation at Dunkirk to his joyful return home at the end of the war. Hard to put down and unmistakably a masterpiece of this genre, Dunkirk to the Rhineland is without a doubt a comprehensive and true account of the Second World War told by an ordinary soldier who could see "the bigger picture".

John (Customer Review)