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• Book Title: Destination Dunkirk . The story of Gort's army
• Author: Gregory Blaxland
• ISBN: MW00563111
• Publisher: Military Book Society
• Year Published: 1973
• Our Price: £36.30 GBP ($59.90 USD)
• Description: Military Book Society, 1973: blue cloth hardcover in dust jacket: gilt lettering to spine: 436 pages including index: black and white photographic illustration and maps. Synopsis: A detailed account of the part played by the British Expeditionary Force prior and during the Dunkirk campaign. The author, Gregory Blaxland used material from all the available papers,released official records , British and German war diaries , regimental histories and personal memoirs to present a comprehensive history of the campaign, and assessment of what went right and what went wrong. He presents his results from the point of view of the British, for whom the campaign degenerated into a fight for survival, and for the Germans, for whom it represented an opportunity missed. The resulting assessment of all the aspects of events at Dunkirk, including the involvement of both regulars and territorials in the BEF; of manoeuvers, battles, and engagements leading to the eventual evacuation; the part in events played by Commanders Gamelin, Georges, von Brauchitsch, Halder, Billotte, von Bock, von Blanchard, von Reichenau, Pownall , and Generals Dill , Barker, Brownrigg, Lindsell, Franklyn, Martel, Eastwood, Curtis, von Kleist, Guiderian, Reinhardt, Brooke, Johnson, Montgomery, Alexander, Marshall -Cornwall and Beauman, presents a comprehensive analysis of the resulting failures and successes . The text is supported by 24 black and white maps and photographic illustration. Condition: dust jacket very stressed, worn and repaired: ownership inscription: page edgeing foxed: small area of upper page edgeing stained: hardcover and contents clean and good: overall acceptable and collectable
• Condition: Collectable- Acceptable
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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