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Dunkirk : retreat to victory / Julian Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Arcade Pub., c2011.Description: xiv, 338 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1611453143 (alk. paper)
  • 9781611453140 (alk. paper) :
Other title:
  • Retreat to victory
Subject(s):
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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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 940.5421 T473 Available 33111006698357
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A gripping account, Dunkirk reveals the British Expeditionary Force's (BEF) brave stand against the German army and the dramatic rescue of 338,000 British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in the midst of World War II. In May 1940, the small BEF was sent to help the Belgians and French against advancing German forces. Ill-equipped and under-trained, the Allied troops conducted a fighting withdrawal in the face of the formidable Germans. Winston Churchill feared that nearly all of the BEF would be killed or captured, but thankfully most were rescued and a defeat was turned into a victory--one that lives on in the annals of history.

General Julian Thompson draws from previously unpublished and rare materials to recreate the action on the beaches of the small town--from the misunderstandings between the British and French generals to the experiences of the ordinary soldier trying to fend for his life and return to his homeland. Unlike other books on the subject, Thompson's account gives full weight to the fighting inland as the BEF found itself in mortal danger due to the Belgian army's collapse on one flank and the French troop's failure on the other flank. Thompson aims to correct popular myths about the evacuation and set the history straight once and for all about the events that unfolded in May 1940.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-324) and index.

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.

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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