Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind by Sean Longden

Author:Sean Longden
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Prisoners of war, Dunkirk, France, Battle Of, 1939-1945, Dunkerque, Military, World War, 1940, History
ISBN: 9781845299774
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2008-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

Now he was among the lost and lonely, hiding in the woods with a fellow British officer. While in hiding he wrote a succession of letters to his wife that he hid in the hope that they might one day reach her. In his second letter the captain wrote of his experiences in his early days as an evader:

I think we’ve done all the traditional things – hidden in barns (all escapers do this, right through history); lain and trembled while the enemy rummaged about the sheds where we lay, miraculously missing the one place where we were; stumbled suddenly on enemy sentries in villages or air fields on the downs, and beaten a panic-stricken retreat. At one place there was even a pretty girl who brought us food – rich and delicious food, in plenty, with great hunks of fresh white bread in a basket. Yes, I think all conventions have been honoured.5

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