{"product_id":"dnkirchen-1940-robert-kershaw-9781472854391","title":"D?kirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kershaw's book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The British evacuation from the beaches of the small French port town of Dunkirk is one of the iconic moments of military history. The battle has captured the popular imagination through \u003ci\u003eLIFE\u003c\/i\u003e magazine photo spreads, the fiction of Ian McEwan and, of course, Christopher Nolan's hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster. But what is the German view of this stunning Allied escape? Drawing on German interviews, diaries and unit post-action reports, Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning history of a battle that we thought we knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eD?kirchen 1940\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major history on what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk. As supreme military commander, Hitler had seemingly achieved a miracle after the swift capitulation of Holland and Belgium, but with just seven kilometres before the panzers captured Dunkirk - the only port through which the trapped British Expeditionary force might escape - they came to a shuddering stop. Only a detailed interpretation of the German perspective - historically lacking to date - can provide answers as to why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eD?kirchen 1940\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the under-evaluated major German miscalculation both strategically and tactically that arguably cost Hitler the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Kershaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147285439X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472854391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 1.10d","brand":"Robert Kershaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44181185134847,"sku":"9781472854391","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3323e73e-f4b4-4354-b487-f9b7533f96eb.jpg?v=1690259028","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dnkirchen-1940-robert-kershaw-9781472854391","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}