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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Target for Tonight By: Squadron Leader D.A Braithwaite DFC*	Warships of the Great War Era By: David Hobbs	English Electric Canberra By: Bruce Barrymore Halpenny