Homare No Ken 2 / Original Title: OFFICERS and GENTLEMEN (Ekusu Live Risu Kurashikkusu)

[Machine Translation] From the formation of the commando unit to the siege of Crete. When Guy Crouchback returned from war-torn Africa, London was under German air raids. Assigned to the newly formed commando unit, Guy heads for the island for training, where he meets his old acquaintances, including Tommy Blackhouse, his ex-wife's second husband, and Trimmer, a kindly man who was expelled from the Royal Lancers, and becomes friends with his colleague, Captain Iva Clare, who is impressed by his gentlemanly, supernatural manner. The unit leaves England and arrives in Egypt via Cape Town under Brigadier General Ritchie-Hook, who is reinstated as Brigade Commander without any further action against him for violating orders. Finally, Guy's unit is ordered to go to Crete for the siege.... The second volume of the "Sword of Honor" trilogy, Evelyn Waugh's lifetime masterpiece, depicts the foolishness and horror of war as well as the transformation of British class society.

コマンド部隊結成からクレタ島攻防戦へ。ガイ・クラウチバックが戦地アフリカから戻ると、ロンドンはドイツ軍の空襲下にあった。新たに編成されたコマンド部隊に配属されて訓練地の島へ向かったガイは、元妻の二番目の夫トミー・ブラックハウス、王立矛槍兵団を追放された優さ男トリマーら旧知の面々と出会い、同僚アイヴァ・クレア大尉の紳士らしい超然とした態度に感銘をおぼえ親しくなる。やがて命令違反の処分もうやむやのまま旅団長に復帰したリッチー=フック准将の下、部隊はイギリスを出発し、ケープタウン経由でエジプトに到着するが、現地で合流するはずの旅団長は行方不明で、待機中の部隊の士気は下がるばかり。そしてついにガイの所属する隊にクレタ島攻防戦への出動命令が下った...。戦争の愚かしさ、恐ろしさとともに英国階級社会の変貌を描くイーヴリン・ウォー畢生の大作“誉れの剣”三部作第二巻。