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Dunkirk
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Robert Jackson |
By late May 1940 the German Army had raced across Northern France cutting the Allied armies in two. The British Expeditionary Force ,and thousands of French and Belgian soldiers, found themselves squ… |
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Alone
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Michael Korda |
"Combining epic history with rich family stories, Michael Korda chronicles the outbreak of World War II and the great events that led to Dunkirk. In an absorbing work peopled with world leaders, gene… |
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Dunkirk
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Joshua Levine |
The Battle of Dunkirk, in May/June 1940, is remembered as a stunning defeat, yet a major victory as well. The Nazis had beaten back the Allies and pushed them across France to the northern port of Du… |
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Dunkirk
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Julian Thompson |
1 volume : 20 cm |
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Dunkirk
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Gen. Julian Thompson |
The rescue of 338,000 British troops from the beaches at Dunkirk is one of the most emotive subjects of the Second World War - a defeat that was turned into a victory in a uniquely British way. In Ma… |
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Air battle Dunkirk, 26 May-3 June 1940
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Norman L. R. Franks |
192 , [16] p. of plates : 24 cm |
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Finest hour
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Tim Clayton,Phil Craig |
Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a few hundred pilots in the Royal Air… |
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Dunkirk
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Norman Gelb |
A vivid and comprehensive retelling of the pivotal rescue of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the very early stages of WW II. Gelb (The Berlin Wall, Less Than Glory) provides more than ad… |
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The snow goose
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Paul Gallico |
Against the backdrop of World War II, friendship develops between a lonely crippled painter and a village girl, when together they minister to an injured snow goose. |
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Dunkirk, the Necessary Myth
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Nicholas Harman |
If Dunkirk was not all that the government said, Harman concludes, the lift that it gave the British spirit was incalculable: ""It matters not how many lies were told to sustain it."" By the same tok… |
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Dunkirk
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Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
The rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had… |
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