
Retreat and Rearguard - Dunkirk 1940
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This book, part of the Retreat and Rearguard series, covers the actions of the BEF during the retreat from the Dyle Line to the evacuation points of Dunkirk, Boulogne, Calais, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, and finally the Cherbourg Peninsula.
Some of the engagements are relatively well known (Cassell, the Arras counter-attack, and the notorious Le Paradis SS massacre), but the author has unearthed many less known engagements from the long and painful withdrawal. While the main Dunkirk evacuation from the port and beaches was over by early June, elements of the BEF fought on until June 21.
In relating those often heroic actions, this book catches the atmosphere of desperate defiance that typified this never-to-be-forgotten period.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Return
- Chapter 2 The Dyle
- Chapter 3 Towards the Escaut
- Chapter 4 Massacre of the Innocents
- Chapter 5 The Escaut
- Chapter 6 Arras
- Chapter 7 The Hell that was Boulogne
- Chapter 8 Calais - The Bitter Agony of Defeat
- Photo Gallery
- Chapter 9 The Canal Line
- Chapter 10 Hazebrouck and Cassel
- Chapter 11 Hondeghem and Cäestre
- Chapter 12 Ledringhem, Wormhout and West Cappel
- Chapter 13 The Ypres - Comines Canal
- Chapter 14 The Final Line
- Chapter 15 The Quick and the Dead
- Appendix: Order of Battle
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
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