Mark Adkins's Reviews > Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk

This book as you can imagine from the title is all about the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the port city of Dunkirk (which the British call Operation Dynamo) but from the point of view of the German forces and not the normal allied viewpoint.

The book uses letters, diaries, and first-hand accounts from participants in the battle to tell the story and explain why the British were able to evacuate from Dunkirk and more interestingly why the German forces did not destroy them on the beach while they were waiting to be evacuated.

If you have read any of the author’s other books such as “It Never Rains in September: The German View of Market-Garden and the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944” you will know how much detail and care he puts into his writing. This book I feel lives up to the standard he set with his previous books and provides an interesting look at one of the most iconic events of the Second World War from the German perspective.

If you are a fan of military history, especially that of the Second World War then I recommend this book. I think you will enjoy it.