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Dunkirk Operation Dynamo : 26th May - 4th June 1940 an Epic of Gallantry.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burnell-Nugent, James.
Contributor:
Pearce, M. J.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940.
World War, 1939-1945.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (422 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Dunkirk Operation Dynamo
Place of Publication:
Dartmouth : Britannia Museum Trust Press, 2020.
Summary:
Full and detailed Royal Navy account of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Belgium and northern France through the port of Dunkirk and across adjacent beaches is rightly regarded as one of the most significant episodes in Englands long history.
Contents:
Britannia Royal Naval College
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, KCB, KBE, MVO
Foreword
Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent
Introduction
Michael Pearce
Introduction Bibliography
Illustrations
Battle Summary Introduction
Something must now be said of the Army Movements
Preliminary Events 10th-18th MAY 1940
10th May - Germany Invades Holland and Belgium
11th May - Allies reach River Dyle
12th May - German Thrust on French 9th Army Front
14th May - Germans cross Meuse
15th May - Dutch Army Surrenders
16th May - Allies Withdraw to River Escaut
French 9th Army Front Broken
18th May - Allied Rail Communications Severed
The week before Operation “Dynamo,” 19th-25th May, 1940
19th May - Compulsory Withdrawal of B.E.F. Foreseen
R.A.F. Component Begins Return to England
Vice-Admiral, Dover, Represented at War Office Conference
Channel Ports the German objective
General Weygand Directing Allied Operations
R.A.F. Component to Set Up Rear H.Q. at Hawkinge
Naval Staff at Dover Considers Large-scale Evacuation
Provision of Small Craft Considered
21st May - Counter-attack South of Arras
Germans Approach Boulogne Generated by AI.
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ISBN:
9781838010720
1838010726
OCLC:
1324336039

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