Fighting Through to Anzio: The Gordon Highlanders in the Second World War (6th Battalion and 1st London Scottish)

by Stewart Mitchell

This is the inspiring story of two Gordon Highlanders Territorial Army battalions which saw action in some of the Second World War's fiercest battles.

After evacuation from Dunkirk, 6th Gordons fought in Tunisia in 1943, leading to the German surrender in North Africa. Following a spell in Iraq, the 1st London Scottish fought in Sicily and then the Battle of Monte Cassino where Private George Mitchell won his posthumous Victoria Cross, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399058215
• ISBN13: 9781399058216
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages