50th at Bay - The Years of Defeat: A History of the 50th Northumbrian Division 1939 to September 1942

by B S Barnes

The book begins when war is declared and the Territorials of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division are mobilized before their move to France. Many of these men joined the territorials in the 1930s because they could find no work in the depression and the monthly bounty they got paid, plus a good pair of army boots, were worth a lot to men who had nothing. In late 1939 the division was moved to France in one of the worst winters in modern memory. In May...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912174820
• ISBN13: 9781912174829
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"