Dunkirk : retreat to victory / Julian Thompson
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 2008Description: xiv, 338 pages , [24] p. of plates : illustration, maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781611453140 (hbk.) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"In May 1940, the small British Expeditionary Force was sent to help the Belgians and French hold back the advancing German army. Ill-equipped and under-trained, they nevertheless fought hard for three weeks, from the German invasion of France on 10 May to the rescue of the last British troops from the beaches at Dunkirk. Remarkably, they conducted a successful fighting withdrawal in the face of a formidable foe. Five VCs were awarded to the BEF for the campaign." "Drawing on previously unpublished and rare material, Julian Thompson recreates the action, from the misunderstandings between the British and French generals, which resonate to this day, to the experiences of the ordinary soldier on the front line. Unlike many other authors on the subject he gives full weight to the fighting inland as the BEF found itself in mortal danger thanks to the collapse of the Belgian army on one flank and the failure of the French on the other, and corrects popular myths about the evacuation."--BOOK JACKET.
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