2nd BATTALION GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS

Official History

42 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Notably, during Operation Epsom, the 2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders lost 12 officers and sustained nearly 200 casualties, mainly around the hotly contested village of Cheux.In the spring and summer of 1939, the Territorial Army was ordered to be doubled in size, in order to meet the threat of Nazi Germany. As a result, the 1st Battalion Glasgow Highlanders raised a duplicate unit, the 2nd Battalion, which was assigned to the 46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division. With the division, the 2nd Battalion remained in the United Kingdom until it was sent overseas, to France, in June 1944. The battalion fought in the Battle of Normandy in Operation Epsom and the Second Battle of the Odon, followed by Operation Bluecoat and the subsequent Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine. The battalion later played a small part in Operation Market Garden, taking part in Operation Veritable and crossing the Rhine in Operation Plunder, finally advancing into Germany in the Western Allied invasion of Germany.

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• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Zweiter Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781474537377
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.07.2023
• Größe: 210 x 148 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press