May 1940, and the German Army had launched its Blitzkrieg - 'Lightning War' and had broken through the Allies defensive positions in Belgium and Northern France, and are now racing towards the Channel Ports in order to cut off the retreating French and British Army's.
Sgt Jack Wilson and his comrades of 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Infantry Regiment had been ordered to hold the line in the small French village of Esquelbecq in order to delay the German advance, but it is a battle they could not hope to win.
'Dunkirk. Fighting the Retreat' is the story of one soldier's fight to the beaches of Dunkirk. It is a story of courage and comradeship in war.
'Dunkirk. Fighting the Retreat' is the first in the series of Jack Wilson books.
Sgt Jack Wilson and his comrades of 'C' Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Infantry Regiment had been ordered to hold the line in the small French village of Esquelbecq in order to delay the German advance, but it is a battle they could not hope to win.
'Dunkirk. Fighting the Retreat' is the story of one soldier's fight to the beaches of Dunkirk. It is a story of courage and comradeship in war.
'Dunkirk. Fighting the Retreat' is the first in the series of Jack Wilson books.
