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Dunkirk : retreat to victory / Julian Thompson.

by Thompson, Julian, 1934-

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Arcade Pub., c2011.

940.5421428 T473d

Great Britain. Army. British Expeditionary Force -- History.

Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.

9781611453140 (alk. paper)

1611453143 (alk. paper)

Alternate title:

Retreat to victory

xiv, 338 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Originally published: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-324) and index.

Twenty wasted years -- Into Belgium : first shocks -- Back to the Escaut and disaster on the BEF's southern flank -- Counter-stroke at Arras -- Fighting on two fronts -- Boulogne and Calais -- The withdrawal : II Corps on the eastern flank -- The withdrawal : fighting the Panzers on the western flank -- Comings and goings at Dunkirk -- The end at Dunkirk -- The final battles -- Reckoning -- Appendices. A, Allied land force order of battle, as at 10 May 1940 ; B, Allied land force order of battle, as at 12 May 1940 ; C, British and Allied troops landed in England from Dunkirk, 27 May to 4 June 1940.

Describes the events surrounding the Battle of Dunkirk and the rescue of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II.

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