Dunkirk Evacuation - Operation DynamoRRP Price Was £15.99 (Plus p&p at £5 = £21), Our price £12.99 inc free p&p UK. For overseas add £20 as its heavy. Thus a total saving over 40% On RRP & P&P! Soft cover with over 160 pages and 140 black & white & colour photos. All orders are dispatched in solid board envelopes to offer maximum protection. (Not Jiffy envelopes, like some others!) All orders posted out the same day (if ordered before 4pm, and sent 2nd Class Recorded, UK) Or the Next Day (if ordered over the weekend, then posted out on Monday, or whenever possible! 'Bank Holidays, Xmas etc') We sell only new books, not second-hand. Please check our Shop Pages. For more New Books Titles are being added all the time. We have hundreds of quality books for sale in our ebay shop, and all our books are arranged in convenient categories to make browsing easier - so if you are interested in other books like this one, why not have a look through our 'Shop categories'. If you have any questions about this or any other book, please don't hesitate to ask. Author(s): Martin Mace, John Grehan Format: Paperback Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: Frontline Books ISBN-13: 9781526770356, 978-1526770356 SynopsisThe miracle' of Dunkirk is one of the most inspiring stories of all time. The British Expeditionary Force had been all but surrounded, and, with the French armies collapsing on all sides, it appeared that Britain was about to suffer the heaviest defeat in its history. When Winston Churchill's War Cabinet finally accepted that the Battle of France had been lost, preparations were made to try and rescue as many soldiers as possible from one of the few ports left open to the British Expeditionary Force - Dunkirk. So rushed and chaotic was the retreat to the Channel coast, with thousands of guns, vehicles and tanks being abandoned, there was little time for soldiers to consider taking photographs of the shocking scenes of death and destruction which surrounded them. Yet images do exist of the ships and boats of all descriptions which braved the bombs and guns of the German Air Force to rescue Britain's only field army from the clutches of Hitler's panzer divisions. One man in particular, Sub-Lieutenant John Rutherford Crosby, a member of the crew of the minesweeper, and converted Clyde paddle steamer, HMS Oriole, left a legacy of dramatic images. These include the never-to-be-forgotten scenes of long lines of tired and anxious troops stretching into the sea and of bombs exploding on the packed beaches - all with his own personal little camera. Other images in this book paint a vivid and memorable picture, as no words ever could, of the greatest evacuation of troops under fire. |