B.E.F. Ships before, at and after Dunkirk
by Winser, John de S
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0905617916
- ISBN 13
- 9780905617916
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About This Item
Gravesend, Kent, England: World Ship Society, 1999. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good. Format is approximately 10 inches by 9.5 inches. 160 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Index of Ships. Excellent book on the ships used during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. All the ships big and small are listed including their post Dunkirk history. The sizable fleet allocated to carry the B. E. F. to France consisted of cross-Channel passenger ships, for military personnel, and ocean-going and short sea cargo ships for transporting vehicles, stores, fuel and equipment. When it came to the evacuation, every type and size of ship--from passenger liner to motor yacht--was pressed into service as part of the evacuation fleet and the role which these vessels had played immediately prior to that time was largely irrelevant. In order to give a better impression of the type of ship referred to, the descriptions adopted in this book related to the vessels' pre-war use, although mention is made in Section 2 of any interim employment of the main ships. Exception is made for hospital carriers due to Geneva Convention.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- B.E.F. Ships before, at and after Dunkirk
- Author
- Winser, John de S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition, First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0905617916
- ISBN 13
- 9780905617916
- Publisher
- World Ship Society
- Place of Publication
- Gravesend, Kent, England
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- British Expeditionary Force, Pictorial Works, Royal Navy, Operation Dynamo, Operation Cycle, Operation Aerial, Cruisers, Destroyers, Sloops, Corvettes, Fleet Minesweepers, Gunboats, Passenger Liners, Cargo Ships, Evacuation, St Valery, Le Harve
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