Dunkirk: fight to the last man

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Hugh Sebag-Montefiore tells the story of the officers and ordinary British and French soldiers who were ordered to hold a series of strong points inland while their comrades were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk - and to 'fight to the last man' if necessary.

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Full title :Dunkirk : fight to the last man / Hugh Sebag-Montefiore.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

Notes

Originally published: 2006.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 701 pages, 24 pages of plates : : illustrations, maps, portraits ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780141024370, 0141024372
oclc:ocn972855893
LC Classification:D756.5.D8
Dewey Decimal:940.5421428

Moment of truth -- The BEF arrives in France -- The Mechelen affair -- The final warning -- The matador's cloak -- Charging bull -- Into battle -- Over the River Meuse -- Flight -- Battle of the Bulge -- Lambs to the slaughter -- The Arras counter-attack -- We stand and fight -- Escape from Arras -- Boulogne and the useless mouths -- Evacuation of Boulogne -- Calais and the French complaint -- Calais -- fight to the finish -- Lucky breaks -- Siege at Cassel -- Surrounded at Le Paradis -- Massacre at Le Paradis -- Manhunt -- Crisis in the north -- Up the Glosters -- Massacre at Wormhout -- Escape to Dunkirk -- The Dunkirk Armada -- Beached -- Entente cordiale -- Evacuation -- Rearguard -- Mission accomplished -- Payback -- Sacrifice of the 51st highland division -- The sinking of the Lancastria.