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Dunkirk and the Little Ships (Paperback)
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Dunkirk and the Little Ships (Paperback)
Series: Shire Library
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In May 1940, German troops advanced through Holland, Belgium and
France with astonishing speed, forcing the British Expeditionary
Force and the French army to retreat to the north-east coast of
France. The evacuation plan - Operation Dynamo - was put into
effect with the expectation that only about 45,000 men might be
rescued. However, by the hasty assembly of a vast armada of
disparate vessels (thought to be in the region of 900, of which
about 700 were privately owned), 338,226 Allied troops were brought
safely back to England. Without the contribution of those Dunkirk
Little Ships, as they have come to be known, thousands of British
troops would have died on the shores of France, and the ongoing
fight against the Axis powers rendered all the more challenging. In
this title, Philip Weir reveals the story of the Little Ships which
undertook such a great mission, exploring their general role and
individual histories, including their preservation and
participation in return runs every five years.
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