Courage Under Fire: The 2/5th Queen’s Royal Regiment, BEF – May 1940 – by Nigel Shearsmith
Talk
Join amateur historian Nigel Shearman for the dramatic story of how a territorial battalion from Guildford faced the might of Nazi Germany’s invasion of France. Poorly armed and minimal training, these citizen-soldiers defended Abbeville against overwhelming odds. Through rare photographs and personal accounts, witness their desperate fighting withdrawal across the Somme. Despite catastrophic losses, their […]
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