The Miracle Of Dunkirk

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Allen Lane/Penquin
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1983
Edition: First Edition

Description: 323 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Describes the evacuation of Dunkirk in 5/40 based on interviews with participants, official correspondence & archive material.ForewordThe closing trapNo. 17 turns up "Operation Dynamo"Buying time "Plenty troops, few boats" The gap Torpedoes in the night Assault from the sky The little ships "Bras-Dessus, Bras-Dessous!" Holding the perimeter "I have never prayed so hard bef Describes the evacuation of Dunkirk in 5/40 based on interviews with participants, official correspondence & archive material.ForewordThe closing trapNo. 17 turns up "Operation Dynamo"Buying time "Plenty troops, few boats" The gap Torpedoes in the night Assault from the sky The little ships "Bras-Dessus, Bras-Dessous!" Holding the perimeter "I have never prayed so hard before" "BEF evacuated" The last night DeliveranceWritten Source MaterialsAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIndex ...more

ISBN: 0713912111