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The reality of Dunkirk told by those that were there

First published 10 years after the battle of Dunkirk, Lt. Col. Ewan Butler and Major J. Selby Bradford tell the story of their experiences in France & Belgium prior to and during the Dunkirk evacuation.

Presumably to protect the identities of their comrades many of whom would have still been alive when the book was written the unit name and individuals are fictional. This, however doesn’t affect the immediacy of the account and hearing how it felt for those that were there.

Being written in the 1950’s the language and views will appear somewhat odd to modern readers, but with all the fuss around the accuracy of recent film it does bring authenticity and a rare view point of the sharp end of the 1940 campaign rather than the grand strategic view of many books on the subject.

Well worth a read.

My thanks to Sapere Books for providing me with a free copy of this book for review purposes. I was not required to write a positive review.