Key Information
Reference code
DAVIDSON, FHN 3/5
Title
Account of the British Expeditionary Force retreat to Dunkirk, 1940
Date(s)
- 1940 May 26 - [Jun 4] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Davidson's account of the withdrawal of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to Dunkirk, starting on 26 May 1940 and the problems caused by the French troops blocking routes that the BEF had been allocated for the retreat to the coast. With map of Lille-Ghent area, GS 4042, War Office 1942, scale 1 inch to 3.945 miles, and two tracings illustrating the stages of the withdrawal. 1 file