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Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk

English

By (author): Robert Kershaw

'Kershaws book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.' - The Times

The British evacuation from the beaches of the small French port town of Dunkirk is one of the iconic moments of military history. The battle has captured the popular imagination through LIFE magazine photo spreads, the fiction of Ian McEwan and, of course, Christopher Nolans hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster. But what is the German view of this stunning Allied escape? Drawing on German interviews, diaries and unit post-action reports, Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning history of a battle that we thought we knew.

Dünkirchen 1940 is the first major history on what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk. As supreme military commander, Hitler had seemingly achieved a miracle after the swift capitulation of Holland and Belgium, but with just seven kilometres before the panzers captured Dunkirk the only port through which the trapped British Expeditionary force might escape they came to a shuddering stop. Only a detailed interpretation of the German perspective historically lacking to date can provide answers as to why.

Dünkirchen 1940 delves into the under-evaluated major German miscalculation both strategically and tactically that arguably cost Hitler the war.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Mar 2024
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781472854391

About Robert Kershaw

A graduate of Reading University Robert Kershaw joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973 and ultimately commanded 10 PARA. He attended the German Staff College spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German. On leaving the British Army in 2006 he became a full-time author. Two of his books have been serialized in the Daily Mail and the Daily Express. He lives in Salisbury England.

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