The 51st (Highland) Division in the Great War
Campbell, Colin, 1938-2018
Books, Manuscripts
Find it!
So great was the reputation of Scottish combat troops in the trench warfare of World War I that an unnamed commentator told Haldane, author of the 'History of the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders' that 'the two most terrible engines of destruction ever made by man were the 51st and 15th Divisions, both Scottish'. In this new evaluation timed to mark the centenary of the Great War (1914-18), Colin Campbell allows the experience of the elite 51st Division to speak for itself. He has researched battalion and brigade official war diaries and regimental and battalion histories and blends them with first-hand accounts and letters, many of which have never been published before. It is said that German soldiers feared the 51st (Highland) Division more that any other British or Empire division.
Main title:
The 51st (Highland) Division in the Great War / Colin Campbell.
Author:
Campbell, Colin, 1938-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2018.
Collation:
1 volume ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526747037 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.4124115940.4940940.41241940.412411940.412
LC class:
D547
Local class:
940.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2337405