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The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940 - France and Flanders Campaign (Paperback)
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The Dunkirk Perimeter and Evacuation 1940 - France and Flanders Campaign (Paperback)
Series: Battleground Books: WWII
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List price R475
Loot Price R389
Discovery Miles 3 890
You Save R86 (18%)
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The book, the latest in a series of eight Battleground Europe books
that deals with the BEF's campaign in France and Flanders in 1940,
covers the fierce fighting around the Dunkerque Perimeter during
May and June 1940 between the retreating British Expeditionary
Force and its French allies and the advancing German army. It
covers the area that most people in Britain associate with the
fighting in France in 1940, a military disaster that could have
been much worse. This grievous military setback was soon
transformed into a morale boosting symbol of the resilience of the
British against a Germany that had crushed so many nations in a
matter of weeks. With over 200 black and white photographs and
fourteen maps, this book looks in some detail at the units deployed
around Dunkerque and Nieuport and their often desperate actions to
prevent the inevitable advance of German forces opposing them. The
evacuation of the BEF from the beaches east of Dunkerque is covered
in detail from the perspective of the Royal Navy and from the
standpoint of the soldier on the beaches. Unusual for a
Battleground Europe publication is the inclusion of a walk and
drive around Ramsgate and Dover, covering the English end of the
evacuation. In addition to visits to the relevant cemeteries, the
book includes three appendices and two car tours, one tour covering
the whole of the Dunkirk perimeter and the other covering Ramsgate
and Dover, although there is plenty of scope for walking in both
tours. There is also a walk around De Panne, which takes the
tourist along the beach that saw so much of the evacuation, and
into the back areas of the town where the Germans left their mark
when clearing up after the British had gone.
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