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Le Carrousel Des Panzers (French, Hardcover)
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Le Carrousel Des Panzers (French, Hardcover)
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In May 1940, during the Battle of France, the British Expeditionary
Force in France aiding the French, was cut off from the rest of the
French Army by the German advance. Encircled by the Germans they
retreated to the area around the port of Dunkirk. The German land
forces could have easily destroyed the British Expeditionary Force,
especially when many of the British troops, in their haste to
withdraw, had left behind their heavy equipment. This lull in the
action gave the British a few days to evacuate by sea. Winston
Churchill ordered any ship or boat available, large or small, to
pick up the stranded soldiers, and 338,226 men (including 123,000
French soldiers) were evacuated- the miracle of Dunkirk, as
Churchill called it. It took over 900 vessels to evacuate the
Allied forces. More than 40,000 vehicles as well as massive amounts
of other military equipment and supplies were left behind; their
value being less than that of trained fighting men. After the
success of Corridor des Panzers and Zur Kuste, this new volume
takes us directly into the Dunkirk arena, and concludes the suite
of works on this dramatic period of history. Jean-Yves Mary has
also provided modern photos of the battlefields, in comparison with
the original images, allowing us to locate the areas where the
events took place.
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