Author: Hay, Ian,
Title: THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS 1940.
Description: HMSO, London, 1941, 1st edn., paperback original, 63pp, 3 maps in text and maps inside both wrappers, stapled cream wrappers lettered and decorated in red and black, in 'The Army at War' series, the official account of the British Expeditionary Force under French command in France and Belgium, September 1939 to June 1940. Based largely on Lord Gort's official despatches with additional material from outside his command, an account of the plans for support of the Belgians, the German offensive on 10th May and their deep penetration by 16th May between the French 1st and 9th armies, the failure of French command to close the gap, the resultant encirclement of the Belgian, BEF and French 1st armies and the evacuation at Dunkirk, wrappers a little rubbed and tanned, staples rusty, pages lightly tanned, very good,

Keywords: war ww2 army hmso france bef flanders belgium dunkirk dynamo


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