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Dunkirk1940:OperationDynamo

内容简介

DuringtheBattleofDunkirkin1940,GermanforcessuccessfullycutoffseveralunitsofBritish,FrenchandCanadiantroopsfromsupportingforcesandsupplies.Nearly350,000AlliedtroopswereleftstrandedonthebeachesandharborofDunkirk,inFrance,amountingtowhatWinstonChurchillcalled"thewholeroot,core,andbrainoftheBritishArmy."BetweenMay26andJune4,1940,inwhatwasnamedOperationDynamo,atotalof338,226soldierswererescuedbyhastilyassembledboatstoBritishdestroyersandotherlargeshipsordirectlybacktoEngland.ThisbookfillsagapinOsprey'scoverageofWorldWarII(1939-1945),asnoCampaigntitleshaveyetcoveredtheDunkirkevacuation,and,unlikeprevioustreatmentsofthesubject,providesadescriptionandassessmentoftheoperationfromanoperationperspective.AuthorDougDildyrelatesthevariousoverlappingandinterconnectedstruggles--landforcesvs.landforces,airforcesvs.airforces,airforcesvs.navalforces,allinaraceagainsttime--andtheiroperationalimpactsononeanotherinonecoherent,coordinatedvolume.

作者简介

DougDildyisaretiredUSAirForce(USAF)colonelwhospentnineofhis26-yearcareerinWesternEuropeandretiredwithapproximately3,200hoursoffastjettime,almosthalfofthatasanF-15Eaglepilot.???Ascommanderofthe32dFighterSquadron,SoesterbergAB,NL,heenforcedtheNo-Fly-ZoneoverIraqacquiringover100hoursofcombattimeintheF-15,makinghimanexpertonF-15employment,especiallyinoperationsoverIraq.???DildyisaUSAFAcademygraduatewithadegreeinhistoryandattendedtheUSArmedForcesStaffCollegeandUSAFAirWarCollege.???AdditionallyhehasaMastersDegreeinPoliticalScience.???Aspartofhisformalmilitaryeducation,heauthoredseveralcampaignstudies.???HehasalsoauthoredseveralarticlesfornotableUSaviationhistorymagazines,includingpiecesontheDutch,DanishandNorwegianairarms'defenseagainsttheGermaninvasionsof1940.???HeisaregularcontributortotheamateurmodelingmagazineSmallAirForcesObserver.TheauthorlivesinAlbuquerque,NewMexico.

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