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The miracle of the Dunkirk

by Lord, Walter
Published by : Viking Press (New York) Physical details: 323 p. ISBN:52625. Year: 1982
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900 - 999 Book Cart 940.5421 Lor (Browse shelf) Available Gift 52625

Includes Index




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.

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