Retreat and Rearguard - Dunkirk 1940: The Evacuation of the Bef to the Channel Ports

by Jerry Murland

This book, the third title in the Author's 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, St 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473823668
• ISBN13: 9781473823662
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"