Dunkirk. The British Evacuation, 1940

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 206 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. It Was The Greatest Disaster In British Military History.The Second World War Was All But Lost. Yet From The Rout Rose The Legendary Spirit That Somehow Found Triumph In Defeat, And Success In The Extraordinary Evacuation Of Nearly 200,000 Men From Beneath The German Guns.

Publishers Description: "As long as the English tongue survives, the word Dunkirk will be spoken with reverence."--The New York Times, June 2, 1940. A gripping account of the most famous military defeat and retreat in history--and an epic story of escape against the odds. During the dark days of May 1940, young British soldiers equipped with little more than rifles took on the might of Hitlers panzer divisions...and held them while Allied armies crumbled on all sides. Absolutely stirring.

ISBN: 9781898800095