Dunkirk

In the autumn of 1939, a small British force was sent to France to stand alongside its allies, and within months it found itself facing the full strength of Nazi Germany. This account follows those soldiers from their first posting through the long months of waiting that came to be called the phoney war, and on to the desperate fighting that ended at the Channel port of Dunkirk in late May and early June 1940. Drawing on the experience of people who served in that force, the book aims to give the men their due, describing their courage, their hardships and the bonds between them. First issued in 1950 under another title, it tells the story of an army that was nearly lost and then brought home to keep fighting.