The Flames of Calais
Title | The Flames of Calais PDF eBook |
Author | Airey Neave |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Calais (France), Battle of, 1940 |
ISBN | 9780340182826 |
Flames of Calais
Title | Flames of Calais PDF eBook |
Author | Airey Neave |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 2003-02-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473814308 |
The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army, 30 Infantry Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there and his account remains the classic.
Flames of Calais
Title | Flames of Calais PDF eBook |
Author | Airey Neave |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780750522274 |
A Soldier's Battle, 1940... The defence of Calais in late May 1940 remains one of the most striking examples of selfless courage and sacrifice. Winston Churchill, in one of his first actions as Prime Minister, ordered 29 Brigade across the Channel as a desperate diversionary measure to save the British Expeditionary Force from wholesale annihilation. The Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender, and casualties were extremely heavy. Airey Neave, who was wounded and captured at Calais, has written a definitive first-hand account of the battle, which has stood the test of time.
Dunkirk
Title | Dunkirk PDF eBook |
Author | Hugh Sebag-Montefiore |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 752 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674024397 |
"Using new material from British, French, Belgian, German, Russian and Czechoslovakian archives, and interviews with the last surviving witnesses of the Dunkirk campaign, Hugh Sebag-Montefiore can at last tell the true story of how the British Army was evacuated from Dunkirk and from France in 1940."--BOOK JACKET.
Battleground Europe
Title | Battleground Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Nigel Cave |
Publisher | Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | 169 |
Release | 1990-03-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783832932 |
A study of the most important sites, primarily of the two world wars, covering both their history and descriptions of how they are today. For the interested traveller, the author groups key sites together, listing places offering accommodation, food, and detailing places of local interest.
Behind the Wire
Title | Behind the Wire PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Guttridge |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2017-08-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445673118 |
A vivid and fascinating account of life in a German POW camp during the Second World War.
The Battle of Britain
Title | The Battle of Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Hough |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | 462 |
Release | 2010-07-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1844156575 |
High above the warm, summer fields Churchill's 'few' fought with courage & skill against overwhelming odds - and won. A vivid account of the air battles as well as an explanation of how the campaign developed. Fresh insights into the controversies with the aid of original material as well as recollections of many of the surviving air crew & ground staff. Vividly illustrated with many photographs. Denis Richards, co-author of the official history of RAF operations in World War Two, and Richard Hough, the historian and biographer, have collaborated to write this magnificent new account for the general reader; as well as offering vivid descriptions of the air fighting. It explains with great authority how both sides developed their air forces in the inter-war years, a necessary prelude to a true understanding of the Battle itself. It provides fresh insights into the controversies of the time and makes use of original material derived from interviews and correspondence with over three hundred surviving air-crew and ground staff.