Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man (Paperback) by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

from KurtWombat

A good history is immersive. It's easy to sputter and choke as an immense wave of details washes over you, but if you are interested enough, engaged enough, you learn how to take it in—assimilate it—almost as if you have learned to breath underwater. DUNKIRK—FIGHT TO THE LAST MAN is impressively ...

from expatscot

A must read if you're interested in the period when the phoney war became real, but it has to be said it'd be uncomfortable reading for anyone related to the Belgian and French Generals of the time who are crucified by the author. Whilst there are criticisms of the British it has to be said that ...

from simon_carr

A fascinating and gripping account of the fall of France (and Holland and Belgium) and the subsequent evacuation at Dunkirk. The author firmly lays the blame for the defeat on the French generals and the lack of preparedness of the BEF. Incompetance is not too strong a word for some of these men....

from simon_carr

A fascinating and gripping account of the fall of France (and Holland and Belgium) and the subsequent evacuation at Dunkirk. The author firmly lays the blame for the defeat on the French generals and the lack of preparedness of the BEF. Incompetance is not too strong a word for some of these men....