Flames of Calais

The defense of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army from wholesale annihilation and capture, 29 Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there. He tells the story with panache

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Some books that may interest you

Luftwaffe Fighter Aces By: Mike Spick	Blood and Iron By: Hugh Montagu Butterworth Edited by: Jon Cooksey	Victory at Poitiers By: Christian Teutsch
The Lusitania Sinking By: Anthony Richards	French Foreign Legion, 1914-45 By: Martin Windrow Illustrated by: Mike Chappell	Carmarthen in the Great War By: Steven John
Aisne 1914 By: Jerry Murland	Destroyer Down By: Arthur Evans	Honourable Warriors By: Richard Streatfeild