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The Evacuation from Dunkirk, Operation Dynamo 26 May-4 June 1940 (Whitehall History Publishing)
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Product Description
This work is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #213256 in Books
- Published on: 2000-06-29
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
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From the Back Cover
This is the Naval Staff History of "Operation Dynamo", originally published internally in 1949. British ships evacuated nearly 100,000 men of the BEF from the beaches, and over 200,000 from harbours. Other nations' vessels carried more than 30,000. Scores of ships were lost during the operation, and many more were seriously damaged, but a very large proportion of the British Army had been rescued in the teeth of continual air attack, from an every-shrinking perimeter. The troops then had to be transported across the Channel in the face of enemy aircraft, mines, torpedoes, and fire from the shore, through waters unlit and strewn with wrecks.
Although the campaign was, in Churchill's words, "an unmitigated defeat", there is much to take pride in, and many lessons to be learned from this operation. The appedices include a list of ships which took part in "Operation Dynamo", and numbers of troops transported.
Customer Reviews
Fascinating Detail
This is a fascinating insight into the fine detail of 'Operation Dynamo'. Perhaps lacking the 'flow'of a David Devine or a John Harris this text will provide fascinating information for anybody making a serious study of the Dunkirk Days. This is not a celebration of the individuals concerned it has to be said more a detailed logistical analysis of Dynamo. The enormous survey of material the authors provide is vital to any 1940 Historian.
Mine of Information
The book provides a wealth of data on the nine day wonder that was Dunkirk.Used in conjunction with other histories this record of documentary evidence of the Naval Operation is an ideal piece of cross referencing ideal for all historians of the period.This is a book of statistics and records and not a 'viewpoint'historical overview of the Dynamo Operation.Many books seem to cover this material in a very standard fashion and we have yet to see a comprehensive history with a new angle although Richard Holmes section in 'War Walks 2' was inspired.
