Dunkirk 1940–1945: historical & tourist guide: itineraries
Dunkirk 1940–1945: historical & tourist guide: itineraries
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Dunkirk 1940–1945: historical & tourist guide: itineraries
Dunkirk 1940–1945: historical & tourist guide: itineraries

Dunkirk 1940–1945: Historical & Tourist Guide: Itineraries

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The town of Dunkirk played a leading role during the Second World War, not only during Operation Dynamo in May and June 1940, but also during the final year of the conflict, when the Germans held on in a pocket that did not surrender until May 1945.


 

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For the first time, a historical and tourist guide enables visitors and history enthusiasts to read an excellent synthesis of the operations, supported by compelling eyewitness accounts, and to discover several itineraries across the battlefields of 1940 and 1944–45.

This book is illustrated with rare or previously unpublished period photographs and views taken today.

Contents:

  • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
    • The Battle of France
    • The defence of Dunkirk
    • The siege of the "Dunkirk Pocket"
    • Operation Dynamo
    • Dunkirk during the war
    • The "inverted pocket"
  • REMEMBRANCE ROUTES
    • Route No. I: 1940 – Dunkirk
    • Operation Dynamo
    • Route No. 2: 1940 – Dunkirk, the coastal strip
    • Route No. 3: 1939–45 – Dunkirk, the "Grand Pocket"
    • Route No. 4: 1944–1945 – "Dunkirk Fortress", the last town in the Nord liberated
Author 1
Jean-Claude Lantenois
Author 2
Michel Chaubiron
Publication date
2007
Pages
112
Language
French
Publisher
YSEC EDITIONS

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