Monty's Highlanders

Monty's Highlanders
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Publisher : Pen and Sword
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9781783460731
ISBN-13 : 1783460733
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Book Synopsis Monty's Highlanders by : Patrick Delaforce

Download or read book Monty's Highlanders written by Patrick Delaforce and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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