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Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series, with a new introduction by bestselling historian James Holland, and in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and James Holland May 1940: In the face of a lightning German advance, the British Army found themselves, stunned, broken, beaten, their backs truly against the wall on the sands of the north French coast. And yet it was on the beaches of Dunkirk that the seeds of a remarkable victory were sown. The evacuation of over three hundred thousand men in ships of all sizes was a logistical feat which has never been seen, before or since. This vivid, visceral story takes you inside the making of a miracle: the story of eight frantic days, as the net tightened around the beleaguered troops, told from all sides, as the enemy draws closer and the bombardment intensifies, in the words of those who were there. It is impossible to get closer to experiencing this legendary action.… (más)
Una experiencia vívida y auténtica de lo sucedido en Dunkerque durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, basado en centenares de entrevistas hechas en Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania.
Bueno es una hisoria de lla batalla de Dunkerque armada con relatos y experiencias personales, enorme busqueda d antecedentes y esfuerzo de entrevistas personales.Tal vez por eso algo desordenado. ( )
Una experiencia vívida y auténtica de lo sucedido en Dunkerque durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, basado en centenares de entrevistas hechas en Inglaterra, Francia y Alemania. Explica todo lo relacionado con la evacuación y aporta el testimonio de las últimas personas que lo vivieron. Como suele hacer Collier, una buena síntesis de los relatos de distintas personas que presenciaron los hechos. Muchos libros se han escrito sobre la evacuación de Dunkerque en 1940 y el de Collier posiblemente sea uno de los más documentados y con el elemento humano más marcado.
Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
In seguito, quando riandava col pensiero a quella sera, Augusta Hersey ricordava soprattutto il silenzio.
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It took only minutes for Ordnance Stores to load ammunition on to two more carriers, then a breathless bumping ride back to the beleaguered Grenadiers – fifteen minutes in all.
Gratefully, with a whoop of joy, Starkey and the others began prising open the coveted boxes – then an eerie chill settled upon them.
The hard-pressed ordnance officer had moved too fast. Their ammunition for the most part was made up of Very light cartridges.
But Starkey had noted one salient fact. The Germans, true to type, were conforming to a rigid pattern. To keep the Grenadiers pinned to their trenches they first called down a withering barrage, signaling their mortars with a fixed Very cartridge pattern: red-white-red. Then, while the Grenadiers hugged the earth, ears singing, the Germans would signal the “stop” by the opposite pattern – white-red-white – and charge.
As the afternoon wore on, Starkey resolved on a last fling of the dice. As the Germans again surged forward after the barrage, he raised his pistol and sent an urgent red-white-red pattern trailing to the heavens. On all sides the Germans doubled in confusion as the molten mortar fragments showered amongst them like a brazier upended from the sky. With incredulous fascination, Starkey saw man after man toppling. From the German forward posts an imploring white-red-white went soaring: within seconds the barrage died. Recovering themselves, their rifles at the trail, the Germans moved forward once more. Again as Starkey fired, the barrage came showering . Now, as the Germans strove to countermand the order, red and white tracer spangled the evening sky like a millionaire’s firework display. But as Starkey grimly kept firing, the Germans gave up. Abruptly the mortaring ceased.
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Información procedente del Conocimiento común italiano.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Ma d'un tratto, senza bisogno di parole, Augusta si rese conto della differenza: quello era il silenzio della libertà, non più il silenzio della paura.
Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series, with a new introduction by bestselling historian James Holland, and in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and James Holland May 1940: In the face of a lightning German advance, the British Army found themselves, stunned, broken, beaten, their backs truly against the wall on the sands of the north French coast. And yet it was on the beaches of Dunkirk that the seeds of a remarkable victory were sown. The evacuation of over three hundred thousand men in ships of all sizes was a logistical feat which has never been seen, before or since. This vivid, visceral story takes you inside the making of a miracle: the story of eight frantic days, as the net tightened around the beleaguered troops, told from all sides, as the enemy draws closer and the bombardment intensifies, in the words of those who were there. It is impossible to get closer to experiencing this legendary action.