ST VALERY
Subtitle: The Impossible Odds
By: Gaelic Bards and soldiers who wrote about their captivity.
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: January 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781843410195
Subjects: European history: Second World War; History - Military / War; History: World; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II
Description: Story of the rear-guard action for Dunkirk of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Victor Fortune, along with French forces in June 1940. Faced with overwhelming odds, running out of ammunition, and to preserve lives, Maj. Gen. Fortune surrendered to the German Forces led by Maj. Gen. Erwin Rommel in Saint-Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. This book tells the story of the lead-up to this point, the subsequent marches to POW camps, and the 'first person' accounts of some of the Highlanders imprisoned until their release by allied forces near the end of the war in 1945.
Notes: By agreement with the families concerned, the royalties from this book will be donated to the Erskine Hospital for Ex-Service Personnel.