THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE AFTER DUNKIRK by Patrick Takle - 2009

First edition. Hardback. Fine/fine. Pen & Sword Military, 2009: Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 168pp. illustrated. with b/w plates. Although over 330,000 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the Dunkirk beaches between 26 May and 4 June, many thousands remained in France, most under French command. Churchill, now the Prime Minister, and desperate to keep the French in the War, decided to form a Second BEF made up of 51 Highland, 1st Armoured and the Beauman Divisions, reinforced from the UK by a second Corps. He also ordered vital and scarce RAF fighter squadrons to France. Had these been lost the Battle of Britain might have had a very different result. General Alan Brooke was to command the second Corps comprising the only viable formations in the UK. Publishers black cloth boards with gilt lettering to the spine.

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