BOULOGNE
The Guards Brigade Fighting Defence - May 1940
Published on 3. September 2009
192 pages
978-1-78337-928-6 (ISBN)
Description
The story of the World War II battle for the French port which ended in a desperate evacuation-from the author of
Calais: A Fight to the Finish.
As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit. In an attempt to delay the Germans at Boulogne, Churchill sent in two battalions of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards in a hastily-organized amphibious landing. In Battleground Europe style, eyewitness accounts and original photographs provide previously unknown details. A guide is also provided to the monuments, battle sites and accommodations in this historic city as they are today.
As German armored columns moved to seal off French ports from retreating British troops in 1940, Winston Churchill had few reserves he could commit. In an attempt to delay the Germans at Boulogne, Churchill sent in two battalions of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards in a hastily-organized amphibious landing. In Battleground Europe style, eyewitness accounts and original photographs provide previously unknown details. A guide is also provided to the monuments, battle sites and accommodations in this historic city as they are today.
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Jon Cooksey is a leading military historian who takes a special interest in the history of the world wars. He is the editor of Stand To!, the journal of the Western Front Association, and he is an experienced battlefield guide. His books include The Barnsley Pals, Calais, Harry's War and, as editor, Blood and Iron.
Content
- Front Cover
- Other guides in the Battleground Europe Series
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- The Port of Boulogne
- A Note on Using the Guide and Advice to Visitors
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Blitzkrieg
- Chapter 2 War is Better than Foxhunting
- Chapter 3 An Inconvenient and Tiresome Moment
- Chapter 4 When You've Killed Twelve Germans You Can Come Home
- Chapter 5 Then the Panzer Shall Become Our Iron Grave
- Chapter 6 A Change from Public Duties
- Chapter 7 All Tall Fellows
- Chapter 8 The Scrap Iron Flotilla
- Chapter 9 My Little Force Fought Most Splendidly
- Tour 1
- Tour 2
- Tour 3
- Bibliography
- Notes
