A sad note is that that officer that's unable to function, Norman Dike, is horribly misrepresented. He was a very good officer who got shot in the shoulder early on and couldn't function. The BoB veteran writers all hated him, but he earned two Bronze stars in WWII. One for expertly commanding scattered paratroopers, absolving him of having been a poor commander, and another for personally saving three wounded soldiers in open view of enemy positions, absolving him of cowardice.
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Yup. For reference, Mark Twain purchased his first typewriter in 1874 and it is believed his Life on the Mississippi (1883) is the first book to be submitted to a publisher as a typewritten manuscript. (However, it's believed his secretary did the actual typing.)
There’s a good account of this in this audiobook:
This is a really good book about ancient Egypt.
It's in a series of books about medieval animals. Perhaps you'd enjoy <em>Introducing the Medieval Dragon</em>.