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50th at Bay - the Years of Defeat: A History of the 50th Northumbrian...-
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9781912174829
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- 50th at Bay - the Years of Defeat: A History of the 50th Northumbrian Division 1939 to September 1942
- Item Height
- 245 mm
- Publisher
- Helion & Company
- Subject
- History
- Item Width
- 170 mm
- Number of Pages
- 276 Pages
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Product Information
The book begins when war is declared and the Territorials of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division are mobilised 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 1940 the war began and the 50th were in the forefront of the fighting as they tried to stem the Blitzkrieg. When the situation became untenable the British army found themselves outflanked and in full retreat to the French Coast. The 50th reached the Great War Memorial at Ypres, the Menin Gate, and fought a delaying action here but soon found themselves retreating again, by now they had lost many casualties. By 19th and 20th May 1940 the whole British Army was in headlong retreat and heading towards Dunkirk with the panzers close on their heels, it was decided that a delaying action was to be launched by the 50th Division at Arras with British and French armoured units in support. It was here at Arras that the 50th would meet their future Nemesis in the form of Erwin Rommel and his Ghost Division. On 20th May the 50th prepared themselves for battle on and around the Canadian Great War Memorial on Vimy Ridge. On 21st May the attack was launched into some very surprised German formations that were just about to move around Arras. The attack was led by tanks of the Royal Armoured Corps and the Troops of the 151st Durham Brigade, 150th Brigade was in Arras itself along the River Scarpe. The shock of the British assault caught the Germans by surprise and the British tanks caused great slaughter among the German units, especially among the ranks of the SS Totenkopft Division who fled the field in terror. The descriptions of the battle by tank crews and Durhams are outstanding and hair raising, the Germans looked to be close to defeat when Erwin Rommel stepped forward and ordered his 88mm anti-aircraft guns to lower their barrels and be used in an anti-tank role for the first, but not the last time. The British tanks could not withstand their immense firepower and soon the battle-field was strewn with the smoking hulks of British tanks and the dead bodies of both sides. Rommel had saved the day.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Helion & Company
ISBN-13
9781912174829
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13046623936
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2018
Subject
History
Number of Pages
276 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
50th at Bay - the Years of Defeat: A History of the 50th Northumbrian Division 1939 to September 1942
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
245 mm
Item Width
170 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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