Churchill's Sacrifice of the Highland Division: France 1940

by Saul David

Book Overview

On 12 June 1940, more than a week after the last British troops had been evacuated from Dunkirk, the 51st (Highland) Division was forced to surrender to General Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division at St Valery-en-Caux. More than 10,000 members of the Division were driven into five years of captivity in prison camps.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185753039X
• ISBN13: 9781857530391
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.