Retreat and Rearguard--Dunkirk 1940: The Evacuation of the BEF to the Channel Ports - Couverture rigide

Murland, Jerry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1473823668 ISBN 13 : 9781473823662

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2016

Synopsis

This book, the third title in the Author's Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk, Boulogne, Calais, St Valery-en-Caux and finally the Cherbourg Peninsula. Some of the engagements are relatively well known (Cassell, the Arras counter-attack and the notorious Le Paradis SS massacre) but the author has unearthed many less known engagements from the long and painful withdrawal. While the main Dunkirk evacuation from the port and beaches was over by early June, elements of the BEF fought on until 21 June. In relating those, often heroic, actions the author catches the atmosphere of desperate defiance that typified this never-to-be-forgotten period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jerry Murland has written twelve books for Pen and Sword and this is his third in the Retreat and Rearguard series. After following a successful career as a teacher he has devoted his time to researching and writing on the two world wars. His books include Retreat and Rearguard 1914, Battle on the Aisne 1914, Aristocrats Go to War, Retreat and Rearguard: Somme 1918 and Retreat and Rearguard: Dunkirk 1940.He has also co-authored the Battle Lines series of guidebooks with Jon Cooksey and is currently writing the Battleground Europe guide to Cassel and Hazebrouck.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1473823668
• ISBN 13: 9781473823662
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 242
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible