Doomed Before The Start - The Allied Intervention in Norway 1940: Volume 1 - The Road to Invasion and Early Moves

Doomed Before the Start, Volume 1: The Allied Intervention in Norway 1940 - the Road to Invasion and Early Moves

About the Author :
Niall Cherry was born in London in 1959 and recalls becoming interested in military history as a schoolboy from watching such classic war films as 'The Battle of Britain' and 'A Bridge Too Far'. He later found out that one of his grandfathers fought in the Great War, serving as a chemical corporal at Loos in 1915 and ended up as a Captain. His father served in the REME in the 1950's and Niall continued in the family tradition by serving in the RAMC. During his time he qualified as a Combat Medical Technician Class 1 and an instructor in First Aid and Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare and ended as a Senior NCO. Deeply interested in the major conflicts of the 20th Century he has visited numerous battlefields including the Western Front, Arnhem, Gallipoli, Normandy and North Africa. He is a longstanding member of the Western Front Association, the Military Heraldry Society and 23 Parachute Field Ambulance Old Comrades Association. He also has the honour to be the UK representative for the Society of Friends of the Airborne Museum Oosterbeek and membership secretary and a trustee of the Arnhem 1944 Fellowship. He has now written five books - 'Red Berets and Red Crosses', 'I Shall Not Find His Equal', 'Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915', 'With Nothing Bigger than a Bren Gun' and 'Striking Back: Britain's Airborne & Commando Raids 1940-42'. He has led various groups around battlefields, contributed articles to 'After the Battle' and 'Battlefields Review' and has helped with around 30 books on the airborne forces and the Great War. Niall currently lives in Lancashire and works for BAE Systems in the aerospace industry.

Review :
“As ever, Helion excel in this type of book and are to be commended for publishing such a range of truly superb books.” “This excellent book will appeal mainly to military historians and students, but its appeal should be widened to include laymen (like me) who were previously unaware of these facts.” “The author writes in a very compelling way, with a real sense of tension…Looking forward to volume two.” "Cherry adds to the shelf another highly commendable volume from the British perspective, presenting a great deal of fresh information about Narvik in particular, especially with the inclusion of so many pages coming directly from primary sources such as Mackesy. Make room for this one, and save shelf space—at least a small gap—for the second volume, due later this year." “ … There's a lot to like here. Cherry has mined some rich veins of primary source material, and utilizes the documents to very good effect … a highly commendable volume from the British perspective, presenting a great deal of fresh information about Narvik in particular, especially with the inclusion of so many pages coming directly from primary sources.” “Gripping detail and numerous photographs wets one's appetite for the second of the two volumes scheduled.” “ … Gripping detail and numerous photographs whet one’s appetite for the second of the two volumes scheduled.”