Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Dunkirk : fight to the last man
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books
Place
Date
2006
Physical Description
xvii, 701 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780670910823
0670910821
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
1. Moment of truth -- 2. The BEF arrives in France -- 3. The Mechelen affair -- 4. The final warning -- 5. The matador's cloak -- 6. Charging bull -- 7. Into battle -- 8. Over the River Meuse -- 9. Flight -- 10. Battle of the Bulge -- 11. Lambs to the slaughter -- 12. The Arras counter-attack -- 13. We stand and fight -- 14. Escape from Arras -- 15. Boulogne and the useless mouths -- 16. Evacuation of Boulogne -- 17. Calais and the French complaint -- 18. Calais -- fight to the finish -- 19. Lucky breaks -- 20. Siege at Cassel -- 21. Surrounded at Le Paradis -- 22. Massacre at Le Paradis -- 23. Manhunt -- 24. Crisis in the north -- 25. Up the Glosters -- 26. Massacre at Wormhout -- 27. Escape to Dunkirk -- 28. The Dunkirk Armada -- 29. Beached -- 30. Entente cordiale -- 31. Evacuation -- 32. Rearguard -- 33. Mission accomplished -- 34. Payback -- 35. Sacrifice of the 51st highland division -- 36. The sinking of the Lancastria.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War Two; Second Word War]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-660) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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