The miracle of Dunkirk

The story of the rescue of 338,000 Allied troops from the French coast near Dunkirk during World War II.

Main Author: Lord, Walter, 1917-2002 (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking Press, 1982.
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Table of Contents:
  • The closing trap
  • No. 17 turns up
  • "Operation Dynamo"
  • Buying time
  • "Plenty troops, few boats"
  • The gap
  • Torpedoes in the night
  • Assault from the sky
  • The little ships
  • "Bras-Dessus, Bras-Dessous!"
  • Holding the perimeter
  • "I have never prayed so hard before"
  • "BEF evacuated"
  • The last night
  • Deliverance.