The History of the 51st Highland Division, 1939-1945
Author | : James Bell Salmond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Bell Salmond |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Frederick William Bewsher |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
If it were possible for the General who for three years commanded all the British Divisions in France, and was served with equal gallantry, devotion, and success by each, to admit a predilection for any of them, my affection would naturally turn to the Division that drew so many of its recruits from the same part of Scotland where my boyhood was spent and my own people lived. Those who read the pages of this book will find therein a tale of patient endeavour and glorious achievement of which I claim a good right to be as proud as any of my fellow-countrymen. The 51st Division does not need to boast of its prowess or its record. It can point to the story of its deeds, plainly and simply told, and leave the world to judge.
Author | : J. B. Salmond |
Publisher | : Naval & Military Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781474536950 |
The 51st Highland Division fought and lost in France in 1940 and fought and won in North Africa, Sicily and finally in Europe from D-Day to the end of the war.
Author | : Great Britain. Army. Division, 51st |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Doherty |
Publisher | : Spellmount, Limited Publishers |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"One of the most famous infantry divisions of the Second World War was the 51st (Highland) Division, a Scottish Territorial Army formation that first saw service in the Great War. Composed of battalions of Highland infantry regiments - Black Watch, Seaforth Highlanders, Gordon Highlanders, Cameron Highlanders and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - the Division deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force in 1939, later serving in Egypt, North Africa, France and on the Rhine." "At all times the Division was known for its esprit de corps which touched not only its Highland soldiers but the many non-Scots who serviced in its ranks; its machine-gun battalion was from The Middlesex Regiment while its reconnaissance regiment, after 1942, was 2nd Derby Yeomanry. All who served in its ranks wore the HD flash with pride, a pride that was justified by the Division's outstanding record during the war. This book will tell the story of the Division through official records, personal accounts and memories and previously published material."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Bewsher Frederick William |
Publisher | : Hardpress Publishing |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 2016-06-23 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781318093038 |
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Author | : Patrick Delaforce |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2007-04-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1783460733 |
The 51st Highland Division was the most famous infantry division that fought with the British Army in WW2. It was the only infantry division in the armies of the British Empire that accompanied Monty from during Alamein to BerlinAfter the 1940 disaster at St Valry when many were killed or captured, the re-formed 51st were a superlative division, brilliantly inspired and led. The Highway Decorators (after their famous HD cypher) fought with consummate success through North Africa and Tunisia and from Normandy into the heart of Germany. Blooded at Alamein where they suffered over 2000 casualties they pursued the Afrika Korps via Tripoli and Tunis fighting fierce battles along the way. They lost 1,500 men helping to liberate Sicily. Back to the UK for the second front, the Highlanders battled their way through Normandy bocage, the break-out to the Seine, triumphal re-occupation of St Valry, and were the first troops to cross the Rhine, fighting on to Bremen and Bremerhaven. In the eleven months fighting in NW Europe in 1944 and 1945 the Highlanders suffered more than 9000 casualties.
Author | : Frederick William Bewsher |
Publisher | : Wentworth Press |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781363308224 |
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