Dunkirk: A Miracle of Deliverance

Dunkirk: A Miracle of Deliverance

In May 1940, World War II hung in the balance.

As the Germans closed in on the Allies, trapping them on the beaches of Dunkirk, it seemed the entire British army would be obliterated.

Such a loss would almost certainly force the British to surrender and allow a Nazi invasion of the UK.

Vice Admiral Bertram Ramsay planned a mass evacuation across the English Channel, but with the Germans drawing ever closer and intense air raids from the Luftwaffe, escape seemed all but impossible.

But with a combination of excellent planning, luck, and an almost inconceivable bit of help from none other than Adolf Hitler himself, Operation Dynamo was underway.

Over 900 boats sailed to Dunkirk - including destroyers, ferries, fishing boats and the famous â€œlittle boats of Dunkirkâ€ â€“ and, across nine tense days, rescued 338,226 soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk in what remains the biggest evacuation in military history.

This brilliantly researched book by historian David Boyle recounts each fraught day of the famous rescue mission that Winston Churchill famously called a â€˜miracle of deliveranceâ€™.

Praise for David Boyle

'A wonderfully elegant and pithy reappraisal of the â€œmiracleâ€ that saved Britain' Saul David

â€˜Exhilaratingâ€™ - Daily Mail

David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include â€˜Unheard Unseen: Warfare in the Dardanellesâ€™, â€˜Towards the Setting Sun: The Race for Americaâ€™ and â€˜The Age to Comeâ€™.

Country	USA
Author	David Boyle
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfPages	144
PublicationDate	2017-05-22
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2017-05-22
Studio	Endeavour Press

Dunkirk: A Miracle of Deliverance

Praise for David Boyle

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