Robert Kershaw’s Dunkirchen, 1940: the German View of Dunkirk is available as a paperback next 14 March.
Using revelatory new material on the event which changed the tide of World War II, this is the first major history to uncover what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk.
Drawing on his own military experience, his German-language skills and his historian’s eye for detail, Robert Kershaw creates a new history of this famous battle which delves into the under-evaluated major miscalculations of the Germans, both strategic and tactical, that arguably cost Hitler the war.
Richard Overy, The Telegraph
‘Kershaw’s book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.’
Roger Moorhouse, The Times
‘Robert Kershaw’s accurate and gritty account provides a fresh coherency to the German action in Belgium and France in the spring of 1940. His methodical approach dispels many of the myths surrounding Dunkirk.’
David Price, bestselling author of The Crew
‘This is military history of the highest order.’
Jonathan Dimbleby, author and broadcaster
‘Impeccably researched, a unique and enthralling approach – Dunkirk solely from the victors’ perspective.’
Anthony Tucker-Jones, author of Churchill, Master and Commander
‘Robert Kershaw has produced another superb book that demands a reassessment of the fighting at Dunkirk. Kershaw’s highly-readable account corrects some assumptions about German forces by using new, under-utilised sources. Kershaw offers a reassessment of the pivotal event in World War Two. It is an excellent book written by a professional. In an epic tale that spans tactical and grand strategic, he combines British voices with French and German ones. In each area, a new and refreshing telling of one of the most decisive years in British history, he demonstrates that he is master of all.’
Robert Lyman, author of A War of Empires
‘Kershaw tells an excellent story from a hitherto neglected viewpoint.’
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