The miracle of Dunkirk
By: Walter Lord.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780670286300
Subjects: Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Maps on lining papers.
Table of contents: title: The closing trap; title: No. 17 turns up; title: "Operation Dynamo"; title: Buying time; title: "Plenty troops, few boats"; title: The gap; title: Torpedoes in the night; title: Assault from the sky; title: The little ships; title: "Bras-Dessus, Bras-Dessous!"; title: Holding the perimeter; title: "I have never prayed so hard before"; title: "BEF evacuated"; title: The last night; title: Deliverance; title: Written source materials