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| 242 | STEWART, Geoffrey. Dunkirk and the Fall of France (Campaign Chronicles). xix, 156p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2008. ISBN: 9781844158034.
Focuses on the land campaign. |
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| 243 | STRABOLGI, [J. M. K.], Lord. The Campaign in the Low Countries: The First Full Length Account of the Epic Struggle in Holland and Belgium. xi, 259p., illus. London: Hutchinson, 1940.
Fairly good instant history. |
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| 244 | TAYLOR, Telford. The March of Conquest: The German Victories in Europe, 1940. xiv, 460p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958; London: Hulton, 1959. An American account of Germany's war up to the Fall of France, largely from German sources. Reprinted by Nautical & Aviation Publishing in 1991 (ISBN: 9780933852945). |
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| 245 | WALKER, David E. Adventure in Diamonds. 190p., illus. London: Evans, 1955; New York: Norton, 1956.
Describes a hastily mounted operation at Whitsun 1940, which removed Dutch industrial diamonds from under the noses of the German invaders. Walpole carried them to the UK. Reprinted in 1974 as Operation Amsterdam (ISBN: 0583122337). |
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| 246 | WEST, John L. The Loss of 'Lancastria.' v, 136p., illus. Rossendale: Millgate, 1988. ISBN: 1870788044.
A compilation of 30 survivors' accounts, mainly taken from the archives of the H.M.T. Lancastria Association. She was bombed and sunk with the loss of several thousand lives. |
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| 247 | WILLIAMS, John. The Ides of May: The Defeat of France May-June 1940. 416p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Constable; New York: Knopf, 1968. ISBN: 0094523207.
A history of the defeat of the French Army in the battles of May-June 1940. Gives background on the French view of Dunkirk. |
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| 248 | WINSER, John de S. B.E.F. Ships before, at and after Dunkirk. 160p., illus., index. Gravesend: World Ship Society, 1999. ISBN: 0905617916.
A good account of the shipping movements which took the BEF to France then brought it home, along with full lists of the ships involved and their fates. |
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| 249 | ATKIN, Ronald. Pillar of Fire: Dunkirk 1940. [vi], 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1990. ISBN: 0283996978.
Makes extensive use of Imperial War Museum Archives and firsthand accounts to give a good workmanlike account of the chaos and blunders that lay behind the "miracle." |
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| 250 | BARTLETT, Basil H. My First War: An Army Officer’s Journal for May 1940, through Belgium to Dunkirk. 127p. London: Chatto & Windus; New York: Macmillan, 1940.
Contains a good account from the army side, of the author’s evacuation in an unnamed destroyer, which was torpedoed. |
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| 251 | BECKLES, Gordon. Dunkirk - and After: May 10th-June 17th, 1940. 255, 24p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1940].
A flattering day-by-day account of the "victory" at Dunkirk. |
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| 252 | BLAXLAND, Gregory. Destination Dunkirk: The Story of Gort’s Army. xii, 436p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1973. ISBN: 0718302036. A full description of the land fighting of the BEF based on the recently released public records. Dunkirk looms large and the navy’s role is noticed although not the main theme of the book. Reprinted by Pen & Sword in 2018, ISBN: 9781526737434. |
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| 253 | BRANN, Christian. The Little Ships of Dunkirk. 240p., illus., index. Cirencester: Collectors’ Books, 1989. ISBN: 0946604029. A fiftieth anniversary tribute to over 100 surviving boats recorded by the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships. Illustrated in colour it records war service and subsequent careers. Reprinted in 1995 for the 55th Anniversary in a pack accompanied by a leaflet describing activity in the period 1990-1995 plus a reprinted newspaper from 1940 (ISBN: 0946604096). |
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| 254 | BROWN, Ashley. Dunkirk and the Great Western: A Plain and Authentic Account of the Experiences of Some Great Western Steamships during the Evacuation of the Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and Western France. 40p., illus., index. London: Great Western Railway Company, [1945].
A short account of what was achieved by each of their steamers. |
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| 255 | BRYANT, Arthur. The Summer of Dunkirk: Epic of the Little Boats that Saved the World, by Arthur W. M. Bryant [and] written in recollection of the Great Miracle May-June 1940 by Edward Shanks. [29]p. Manchester: Daily Sketch, 1949.
A fund-raising limited edition of 300 copies, consisting of a peroration by the historian, followed by a celebratory poem, both reprinted from the Daily Sketch of June 3 and 4, 1943. |
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| 256 | BUTLER, Ewan, & BRADFORD, J. Selby. Keep the Memory Green: The First of the Many: France 1939-40. 180p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1950].
The authors were junior officers with the BEF and they tell its story and that of the RAF units in France, relying heavily on anecdote. The work of the little ships and the destroyers in the evacuation is described. Reprinted as The Story of Dunkirk in 1955 |
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| 257 | CARSE, Robert. Dunkirk 1940: A History. x, 214p., illus., index. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, [1970]. A full and atmospheric account of the evacuation, which pays some attention to the French and Belgian contributions. Quotes extensively from contemporary accounts. |
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| 258 | CHATTERTON, E. Keble. The Epic of Dunkirk. 256, 4p., illus., index. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1940.
A patriotic account, compiled largely from official sources, of the rescue of the BEF. |
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| 259 | COLLIER, Richard. The Sands of Dunkirk. 319p., bibliog., illus. London: Collins; New York: Dutton, 1961.
A chronologically arranged and anecdotal history of the evacuation from May 26 to June 1, 1940. |
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| 260 | DIVINE, A. D. Dunkirk. 307p., index. London: Faber, 1945.
Describes the naval side of the evacuation. |
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| 261 | DIVINE, David. The Nine Days of Dunkirk. 308p., illus., index. London: Faber; New York: Norton, 1959. Still the best account of the naval operation. In many respects a revised and updated version of the author's wartime book on the subject. Several background chapters are followed by a day-by-day account of the evacuation. |
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