Churchill’s Sacrifice of The Highland Division
DAVID, Saul
France 1940.
NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Published: Brassey, [1994]
Stock code: 33266
Price: £148.00
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 25 plates on 16 and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
The 51st (Highland) Division was one of the finest units of the regular army at the outbreak of war. Sent to France, it became a political pawn in Churchill's determination to maintain French military involvement, and despite a magnificant defensive campaign against overwhelming odds, was eventually forced to surrender to Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux, Normandy in 1940. This long overdue account includes much veteran and eye-witness material. EXTREMELY SCARCE.