Dunkirk 1940: Operation Dynamo Contributor(s): Dildy, Douglas C. (Author), Gerrard, Howard (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846034574 ISBN-13: 9781846034572 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Naval - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 940.5 |
LCCN: 2010549844 |
Series: Campaign |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.34" W x 9.76" (0.68 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: During the Battle of Dunkirk in 1940, German forces successfully cut off several units of British, French and Canadian troops from supporting forces and supplies. Nearly 350,000 Allied troops were left stranded on the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, in France, amounting to what Winston Churchill called the whole root, core, and brain of the British Army. Between May 26 and June 4, 1940, in what was named Operation Dynamo, a total of 338,226 soldiers were rescued by hastily assembled boats to British destroyers and other large ships or directly back to England. This book fills a gap in Osprey's coverage of World War II (1939-1945), as no Campaign titles have yet covered the Dunkirk evacuation, and, unlike previous treatments of the subject, provides a description and assessment of the operation from an operation perspective. Author Doug Dildy relates the various overlapping and interconnected struggles--land forces vs. land forces, air forces vs. air forces, air forces vs. naval forces, all in a race against time--and their operational impacts on one another in one coherent, coordinated volume. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dildy, Douglas C.: - Doug Dildy is a USAF Academy graduate with a degree in history. He attended the US Armed Forces Staff College and USAF Air War College and holds a Masters Degree in Political Science. Doug has authored several campaign studies as well as several articles covering the Dutch, Danish and Norwegian air arms' defence against the German invasions of 1940 for notable US aviation history magazines. He is a regular contributor to the amateur modelling magazine Small Air Forces Observer. |