The Road to Dunkirk

“A detailed and fascinating account” of a little known WWII showdown in Belgium between the British Expeditionary Force and the German army ( Barnsley Chronicle ). This is an important reassessment of a critical period in the British Expeditionary Force’s fight against the German armies invading France in 1940. On May 25, Lord Gort, the British commander, took the decision to move 5th Division north in order to plug a growing gap in his army’s eastern defenses. Over the next three days the divis