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Article: Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Article from:
- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. Julian Thompson. Sidgwick & Jackson. [pounds sterling]20.00. xiv + 338 pages. ISBN 978-0-283-07021-1. Major General Thompson, who was a commander in the Falklands, provides a fresh look at this famous event. He is concerned with the events of the whole campaign and not just the famous 'miracle'-the little ships saving the British Army. He effectively defends British behaviour from the sneers of some Frenchmen but he is scathing about the training and equipment of the Allied armies, the legacy of 'twenty wasted years'. While praising the performance of the 'indomitable' British soldier, he is more critical of some of his leaders. However he ...
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