The Miracle of Dunkirk
by Lord, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670286303
- ISBN 13
- 9780670286300
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0670286303 . The dustjacket shows some light wear and chipping, book shows light wear to extremities. ; A bright, solid book, map endpapers, illustrated with B&W photos and maps. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 323 pages; "In May 1940, the remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitlers blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi strength, the 338,000 men gathered on the beach were all that stood between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush them, and the path to Paris and London was clear. Unable to retreat any farther, the Allied soldiers set up defense positions and prayed for deliverance. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered an evacuation on May 26, expecting to save no more than a handful of his men. But Britain would not let its soldiers down. Hundreds of fishing boats, pleasure yachts, and commercial vessels streamed into the Channel to back up the Royal Navy, and in a week nearly the entire army was ferried safely back to England." .
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- Seller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21272
- Title
- The Miracle of Dunkirk
- Author
- Lord, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670286303
- ISBN 13
- 9780670286300
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0670286303, dunkirk, WWII, evacuation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; Militaria / WWII;
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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