The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army, 30 Infantry Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there and his account remains the classic.
The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army, 30 Infantry Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there and his account remains the classic.
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Nuremberg : A personal record of the trial of the major Nazi war criminals
Saturday at M.I.9 : The Classic Account of the WW2 Allied Escape Organisation
Saturday at M.I.9 : The Classic Account of the WW2 Allied Escape Organisation
Flames of Calais : The Soldier's Battle, 1940
They Have Their Exits : The Best Selling Escape Memoir of World War Two
Little Cyclone : The Girl who Started the Comet Line
Little Cyclone : The Girl who Started the Comet Line