The miracle of Dunkirk
Subtitle: the history of the World War II battle and evacuation that helped save Britain from Nazi Germany
By: by Charles River Editors
Publisher: Charles River Editions
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781515079705
Subjects: Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940; World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Military campaigns
Description: "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning War" describes the Third Reich's invasion strategy during its 1940 conquest of France not only due to the speed of the Wehrmacht advance but also its devastating effect on its ill-prepared adversaries. Mired in the paralyzing muck of plodding staff college military doctrine and demoralized as a nation by their appalling losses during World War I, the French succumbed in a few weeks to German skill and vigor. Moreover, after being lured into Belgium by a large-scale German feint, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and over a million French soldiers found themselves cut off by the main Wehrmacht thrust. Heinz Guderian and Irwin Rommel, among others, led their panzers on an 11-day dash from the Ardennes Forest to the coast, trapping vast numbers of Allied soldiers in Belgium and northeastern France. The Miracle of Dunkirk chronicles the operations that saved over 300,000 Allied soldiers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.