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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 5649. Silence Over Dunkerque, by John R. Tunis (read 11 Sep 2019) Well, I think this is juvenile fiction and there are many not too credible things in the story but, old though I am, I found it quite readable and enjoyable. Two British soldiers are trapped in Dunkerque and when they (and a dog who has attached itself to them) finally get aboard a British ship it hits a mine and they end up back in France where they meet amazing people. And lo and behold the dog has survived the blown up ship as well (we are never told how) and doggedly stays with them. They have many harrowing adventures and I was amazed to find the ending most poignant. A fun to read story, even for an adult, especially if you insist the dog must survive in a good adventure story.. ( ) A very exciting story about the Dunkirk evacuation and its aftermath. Laudably, it even has a female protagonist, a young Frenchwoman whose courage makes possible the escape of two British infantrymen trapped in occupied France. She insists that it's what any "Scout" would do. I don't want to quibble about the author's research, or perhaps it was an editor's blatant error, nor do I know anything about Guiding and Scouting in France, but when Sergeant Williams recalls his own daughter wearing her "Scout uniform", that cannot be attributed to Gisele's difficulty with English. No. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were Guides, and the British organization has been called Girl Guides since its formal inception. It made me wonder if the rest of the book was any more accurate and factual. It seemed authentic, but I don't know. A story of human spirit pulling together in the face of fear and danger to rescue fellow humna beings. The evacuation of soldiers from Dunkerque France by English people in many kids of boats. sailing boats, fishing boats etc. Carrying far more men on their boats than was safe, but in the name of getting them to safty, truly an action in history worth knowing and remembering. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A historical novel about one man's experience of the evacuation of Dunkirk: "A lively tale around one of the turning points of World War II" (The New York Times). Sergeant Edward Williams of the Second Battalion was among the first British troops to land in France, just across the English Channel from his family in Dover, after the declaration of war in September of 1939. Battles have been few and far between since then, in what the Germans have been calling der Sitzkrieg--the sitting war. In May 1940, under the leadership of their new prime minister, Winston Churchill, the British are hoping to stem the tide of Nazi invasion along their southern border. But now, flanked to the east and west by German troops and cut off from the Allies further south, Sergeant Williams and his battalion must retreat to Dunkerque in the north, and escape by sea is their only hope. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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