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.
The rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it not been for the tenacity of the British soldiers who stayed behind to ensur…
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. Originally publ…