On D-Day, 27 officers and 565 men of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders landed on the coast of Normandy. By the time the 51st Highland Division reached Bremen the following April, after ten months continuous fighting, 1st Gordons had lost 75 Officers and 986 men in battle. The author, a former distinguished explorer, commanded the Battalion in 16 operations, here tells his epic story. Skryť popis