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

The Reign of Emperor Gallienus By: Ilkka Syvanne	Visitors' Historic Britain: West Sussex By: Kevin Newman	Irishmen in the Great War By: Tom Burnell
In The Footsteps of The Red Baron By: Norman Franks, Mike O'Connor	Left for Dead at Nijmegen By: Marcus A. Nannini	The Desert Air Force in World War II By: Ken Delve
Dowding's Eagles By: Norman Franks	Teenage Tommy By: Richard van Emden	The War in Europe By: John P Langellier