HUGH Sebag-Montefiore has done much here to unravel the myth of Dunkirk. Of course, the armada of vessels which rescued our troops from the beaches was a brave and courageous act. But there was more to the history of Dunkirk than an evacuation mission. Se
HUGH Sebag-Montefiore has done much here to unravel the myth of Dunkirk.
Of course, the armada of vessels which rescued our troops from the beaches was a brave and courageous act.
But there was more to the history of Dunkirk than an evacuation mission.
Sebag-Montefiore looks at the men left behind: those who had to hold back the advance of the German attack and were told, literally, to fight to the last man.
It is a gripping story of the men who were left behind during a humiliating retreat.
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