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So Few Got through: With the Gordon Highlanders From Normandy to the Baltic
Lindsay Martin
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Description for So Few Got through: With the Gordon Highlanders From Normandy to the Baltic
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
On D-Day 27 officers and 565 men of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders landed on the coast of Normandy. By the time 51st Highland Division reached Bremen the following April, after ten months continuous fighting, 1st Gordons had lost 75 Officers and 986 men in battle.So few got through, but amongst them was Martin Lindsay, and seldom, if ever, can a trained writer have been presented with such a splendid opportunity. The author, a former distinguished explorer, commanded the Battalion in 16 operations, who was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO, here tells his epic story.With him we can ... Read more
On D-Day 27 officers and 565 men of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders landed on the coast of Normandy. By the time 51st Highland Division reached Bremen the following April, after ten months continuous fighting, 1st Gordons had lost 75 Officers and 986 men in battle.So few got through, but amongst them was Martin Lindsay, and seldom, if ever, can a trained writer have been presented with such a splendid opportunity. The author, a former distinguished explorer, commanded the Battalion in 16 operations, who was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the DSO, here tells his epic story.With him we can ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848848566
SKU
V9781848848566
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99-2
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