50th at Bay - The Years of Defeat

50th at Bay - The Years of Defeat A History of the 50th Northumbrian Division 1939 to September 1942 Author:Barrie S Barnes Language:English Format:Softcover Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:276 Photos:82 b/w photos, 10 b/w maps, 1 b/w illustration Publisher:Helion and Company ISBN:9781912174829 Item No. 9781912174829 The book begins when war is declared and the Territorials of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division are mobilized 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