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THE TRUE STORY OF THE 41,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO WERE LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK, MAY 1940 'Meticulously researched, very well written and deeply moving' Andrew Roberts 'Few readers will be unmoved by Sean Longden's account' Dominic Sandbrook At 2am on the morning of the 3rd of June 1940, General Harold Alexander searched along the quayside, holding onto his megaphone and called Is anyone there? Is anyone there? before turning his boat back towards England. Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300,000 BEF servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory gained from the jaws of defeat. For the first time, rather than telling the tale of the 300,000 who escaped, Sean Longden reveals the story of the 40,000 men sacrificed in the rearguard battles. On the beaches and sand dunes, besides the roads and amidst the ruins lay the corpses of hundreds who had not reached the boats. Elsewhere, hospitals full of the sick and wounded who had been left behind to receive treatment from the enemy's doctors. And further afield - still fighting hard alongside their French allies - was the entire 51st Highland Division, whose war had not finished as the last boats slipped away. Also scattered across the countryside were hundreds of lost and lonely soldiers. These 'evaders' had also missed the boats and were now desperately trying to make their own way home, either by walking across France or rowing across the channel. The majority, however, were now prisoners of war who were forced to walk on the death marches all the way to the camps in Germany and Poland, where they were forgotten until 1945. 'Sean Longden is a rising name in military history, and is able to uncover the missing stories of the Second World War' GuardianProduct Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group
ISBN-139781845299774
eBay Product ID (ePID)90880414
Product Key Features
Number of Pages608 Pages
Publication NameDunkirk: the Men They Left Behind
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2009
TypeTextbook
AuthorSean Longden
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height200 mm
Item Weight400 g
Item Width130 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorSean Longden
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- 20 Jan, 2023
Dunkirk book is a good book to read
I bought the book for my husband who's father was taken at Dunkirk and was a prisoner for the rest of the war he was injured he told us a lot of stories now we can read them for ourselvesVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 02 Aug, 2018
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Includes personal experiences of survivors from Dunkirk and its aftermath. A useful source for research on those invoved.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Oct, 2019
A must read for WW2 historians
A stunning book which covers what and how the BEF POW's suffered which isn't commonly written.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Sep, 2019
Good Read
Interesting topicVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 May, 2024
great book thank you
great book thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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