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Dunkirk
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This book was written by someone who was actually there! After watching "Dunkirk" times, then reading Walter Lord's book on Dunkirk, I was ready for a different perspective. Sadly, Butler's book was written in 1950, a decade after the events. His memory is still sharp and he was able to get stories and memories of his fellow B.E.F. soldiers. That alone should have made the story exceptional.
Unfortunately, this book is that: a book of memories and accounts. There is an overarching theme of chronology, but Butler does not talk about what HE did. He talks a lot about what everyone else did and how the RAF was plucky, blah blah, and the BEF and French Army hopeless outclassed, blah, blah, blah. Butler was in the ARMY so his story omits personal account of the Royal NAVY and the little ships. That's fine because that's covered elsewhere. I was hoping more to learn about Colonel Butler's actions. That was the disappointing part.
But with over a million men fighting in France, everyone has a story.
Unfortunately, this book is that: a book of memories and accounts. There is an overarching theme of chronology, but Butler does not talk about what HE did. He talks a lot about what everyone else did and how the RAF was plucky, blah blah, and the BEF and French Army hopeless outclassed, blah, blah, blah. Butler was in the ARMY so his story omits personal account of the Royal NAVY and the little ships. That's fine because that's covered elsewhere. I was hoping more to learn about Colonel Butler's actions. That was the disappointing part.
But with over a million men fighting in France, everyone has a story.
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