Bibliograph

The road to Dunkirk, the British Expeditionary Force and the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940, Charles More

Type

Label

The road to Dunkirk, the British Expeditionary Force and the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940, Charles More

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-245) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The road to Dunkirk

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

885208812

Responsibility statement

Charles More

Sub title

the British Expeditionary Force and the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940

Summary

This is an important reassessment of a critical period in the British Expeditionary Force's fight against the German armies invading France in 1940. On 25 May Lord Gort, the British commander, took the decision to move 5th Division north in order to plug a growing gap in his Army's eastern defences. Over the next three days the division fought a little-known engagement, the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, to hold the Germans at bay while the rest of the BEF retreated towards Dunkirk

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor