Title:
Dunkirk : retreat to victory / Julian Thompson.
ISBN:
9781611453140
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Arcade Pub., [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xiv, 338 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Twenty wasted years -- Into Belgium : first shocks -- Back to the Escaut and disaster on the BEF's southern flank -- Counter-stroke at Arras -- Fighting on two fronts -- Boulogne and Calais -- The withdrawal : II Corps on the eastern flank -- The withdrawal : fighting the Panzers on the western flank -- Comings and goings at Dunkirk -- The end at Dunkirk -- The final battles -- Reckoning -- Appendices. A, Allied land force order of battle, as at 10 May 1940 ; B, Allied land force order of battle, as at 12 May 1940 ; C, British and Allied troops landed in England from Dunkirk, 27 May to 4 June 1940.
Summary:
Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Dunkirk and the rescue of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.
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OCLC Number:
ocn756377674
Availability:
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