For this weeks #histbookchat, #photofriday and #booksky, Brian E Walter’s “The Thin Khaki Line” is a broad narrative overview of the British Commonwealth armies at war in WW2, focused on what formations did. There’s little detail on how these armies evolved or the impact of key personalities, though

The cover of the book “The Thin Khaki Line: An operational history of the British and Commonwealth armies during World War II” by Brian E Walter. There are two black and white photographs on the cover. Above the title is a photo of British WW2 infantry (in combat uniforms and equipment) marching along a road, a below is a photo of a late-war Comet tank.