Black Watch

Product Description

As a 19-year old Black Watch conscript Tom Renouf's war began with some of the most vicious fighting of the conflict
- against Himmler's fanatical ' Hitler Youth' SS Division. It ended with the capture of Himmler himself & Tom taking a trophy he still treasures
- the Gestapo commander's watch. Seriously wounded & later decorated with a Military Medal for gallantry Tom Renouf witnessed the death & maiming of countless of his teenage comrades & saw the survivors transformed into grizzled veterans. Tom Renouf draws on his own personal experiences
- as well as his unique archive of interviews with veterans amassed over twenty years as secretary of the 51st Highland Division Veterans' Association
- to paint a vivid picture of the Battle of Normandy the liberation of Holland the Battle of the Bulge & many more memorable WW2 events.