Tigers at Dunkirk : the Leicestershire Regiment and the Fall of France

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In this compelling new study of the disastrous 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, Matthew Richardson reconstructs in vivid detail the British army’s defeat as it was experienced by the soldiers of a single battalion, the 2nd/5th Leicesters. These men typified the ill-equipped, under-trained British battalions that faced the blitzkrieg and the might of Hitler's legions. They were thrown into a series of desperate, one-sided engagements that resulted in a humiliating retreat, then evacuation from Dunkirk. This is their story Content: Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication List of Plates Foreword Introduction and Acknowledgements Chapter 1 -- Birth of a Battalion Chapter 2 -- To Join the Fray Chapter 3 -- Battle and Retreat Chapter 4 -- Dunkirk -- the Cauldron of Hell Chapter 5 -- Into Captivity Chapter 6 -- Hope and Freedom Chapter 7 -- Aftermath Notes Bibliography Index.