Dunkirk

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• Band of brothers

  Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Viking £25, pp701 The evacuation of more than 300,000 troops in one week in May and June 1940 has moved into the realms of myth: 'little ships' and the 'Dunkirk spirit' have come to stand for th ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• A Heroic Disaster

  THERE is evidently something in the British character that relishes a really solid military reverse. Many more hearts, among the island race, are set pounding by the gallant fiasco of the Light Brigade than even by Waterloo or Trafalgar. George MacDo ... (read full critics)

  nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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  Long, sobering and essentially inspiring tale

  Sobering tales of bravery abound in this story of the evacuation of France in WWII. It seems the French were a pretty erratic partner and the British Army had to fight tooth and nail to extricate itself from the mess.

  Throughout the book there are amazing tales of bravery in the face on difficult ... (continue)

  Sobering tales of bravery abound in this story of the evacuation of France in WWII. It seems the French were a pretty erratic partner and the British Army had to fight tooth and nail to extricate itself from the mess.

  Throughout the book there are amazing tales of bravery in the face on difficult circumstances (often of the allies own making). I was struck by how much young men, thrown raw into battle, had to endure and what a tragedy the loss of so many lives was.

  Such a tremendous effort to evacuate so many people , which made it possible to continue to fight the war. It brought it home just how much peril Britain was in.

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  By far the best book on the subject. Heartbreaking how many foot soldiers were needlessly sent to their death because of the inflated egos and incompetence of their superiors.

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• English Books
• Paperback 720 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0674029712
• ISBN-13: 9780674029712
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Pub date: Apr 30, 2008
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and eBook

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