Dunkirk
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1509860045
ISBN 13
9781509860043
Category
Geschiedenis / History
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Publication Year
2023
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Abstract
This vivid account of the 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation sheds new light on the famous WWII fighting withdrawal and rescue operation.
In May 1940, the small British Expeditionary Force (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General Julian Thompson draws from rare and previously unpublished materials to recreate the action on the beaches of the small town—from the misunderstandings between the British and French generals to the experiences of the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 fending for his life and trying to return to his homeland.
Unlike other books on the subject, Thompson’s account gives full weight to the inland fighting as the BEF found itself in mortal danger. 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.
In May 1940, the small British Expeditionary Force (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General Julian Thompson draws from rare and previously unpublished materials to recreate the action on the beaches of the small town—from the misunderstandings between the British and French generals to the experiences of the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 fending for his life and trying to return to his homeland.
Unlike other books on the subject, Thompson’s account gives full weight to the inland fighting as the BEF found itself in mortal danger. 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.
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