The Dunkirk Story - DVD & BOOK Box Set DVD

DVD & Hardback Book Box Set Commemorationg The 70th Anniversary. DVD: In Britain despite Churchill's stern reminder that 'wars are not won by evacuations' a tangle of myths quickly sprung up around Dunkirk which came to be regarded almost as a major victory. A major victory it certainly was not. Dunkirk was a brilliantly- executed withdrawal of land forces - minus all their equipment- across the Channel following a series of unparalleled military disasters. Indeed to the Germans Dunkirk was virtually a sideshow. Intent on completing the conquest of France they no longer... regarded the small British Army as posing any significant threat. For the French Dunkirk became a bitter symbol of British betrayal. Quarrels and misunderstanding had beset the Alliance and at one stage the British were near to systematically deceiving their partner. Yet the evacuation owed much to the unstinting bravery of the French troops fighting at the Dunkirk perimeter or beyond and gratitude was not wanting. The visions conjured up of a ragged fleet and fishing boats yachts and dinghies sailing the Channel their pilots risking life and limb to save our soldiers from certain defeat and captivity is vividly realised using very rare footage only recently obtained and painstakingly reassembled. Book: The remarkable story of the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk is one of heroism tragedy and extraordinary determination. Under constant attack from the Luftwaffe German artillery and well equipped infantry over 300 000 men were successfully rescued and returned to Britain. This commemorative 70th anniversary fully illustrated hardback book gives a detailed background account of the events leading up to the evacuation as well as in-depth analysis of the men machines and the operational requirements of this unparalleled rescue. [show more]

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