CHURCHILLS SACRIFICE HIGHLAND DIV
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CHURCHILLS SACRIFICE HIGHLAND DIV by Saul David
On 12 June 1940, more than a week after the last British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, the 51st (Highland) Division was forced to surrender to General Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at St Valery-en-Caux. More than 10,000 members of the Division were driven into five years of captivity in prison camps. Drawing upon over 100 personal interviews with survivors of the battle, upon unit war diaries, personal letters and journals, as well as official documents and reports, the author traces the story of the Highland Division from its arrival in France, through the excitement of patrol operations in front of the Maginot Line and its magnificent defensive battles on the Somme and the Bresle, to the final, desperate stand in the little Norman seaport of St Valery.
Saul David is the acclaimed author of the Brassey's title Mutiny at Salerno: An Injustice Exposed, as well as Military Blunders: The How and Why of Military Failure. The author's most recent book The Indian Mutiny: 1857 (Penguin, 2003) has been a paperback bestseller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857533781 |
| ISBN 10 | 185753378X |
| Title | CHURCHILLS SACRIFICE HIGHLAND DIV |
| Author | Saul David |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2004-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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