James Holland
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Appearances Over Time
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And I think he's just taken a wrong turn.
Yeah.
And he's found himself.
He thinks he's in Roray.
He's not.
He's in Fontenay.
It's easily done.
Yeah.
And he's knackered.
And suddenly there's a Sherman firing at him.
He can barely see it.
He doesn't have his other Shermans following up.
And he just thinks, you know, surrender's a better form of valor, and he can blame him, frankly.
So then Semkin moves on, joins Render, and gathers together the rest of A Squadron together.
So this attack was supposed to start at 5.30.
Actually, it's 5.30 that Render has his engagement with the Tiger tank.
It's about 7.30 that they're finally ready to go.
And how Semkin has organised his squadron, he says, basically, this is a suicide, this is a balaclava charge.
And he says, right, I've got my Praetorian Guard in the middle with the Fireflies.
We'll go down, we'll have the road, the single road.