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Dunkirk - Retreat to Victory (Paperback, New Edition)
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A masterly work of military history, Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory is
also a tribute to the soldiers whose courage and self belief
sustained them through their darkest hours. The evacuation of
British forces from Dunkirk is one of the pivotal moments in the
Second World War - an astonishing endeavour that snatched victory
from the jaws of defeat. Sent to help the Belgians and French hold
back the German army, the small British Expeditionary Force was
ill-equipped and under-trained. When Hitler attacked on 10 May 1940
and the French and Belgian armies collapsed in the face of
Germany's swift and brutal advance, the British soldiers found
themselves in mortal danger. In Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory, Major
General Julian Thompson recreates the action as the British fought
hard for three desperate weeks, conducting a successful fighting
withdrawal in the face of a formidable foe. He describes the
individual acts of bravery and sacrifice and analyses the decisions
of the commanders who made the choice to evacuate. He also takes us
to Dunkirk harbour and onto the beaches, where the British army was
trapped and under attack, while the Royal Navy and the 'little
ships' raced against time to rescue them.
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