List of Illustrations vii
List of Maps x
Introduction xi
Note to Readers xviii
1 Moment of Truth
1(5)
2 The BEF Arrives in France
6(20)
3 The Mechelen Affair
26(12)
4 The Final Warning
38(8)
5 The Matador's Cloak
46(13)
6 Charging Bull
59(13)
7 Into Battle
72(8)
8 Over the River Meuse
80(16)
9 Flight
96(13)
10 Battle of the Bulge 109(16)
11 Lambs to the Slaughter 125(17)
12 The Arras Counter-Attack 142(14)
13 We Stand and Fight 156(17)
14 Escape from Arras 173(15)
15 Boulogne and the Useless Mouths 188(12)
16 Evacuation of Boulogne 200(12)
17 Calais and the French Complaint 212(13)
18 Calais — Fight to the Finish 225(15)
19 Lucky Breaks 240(15)
20 Siege at Cassel 255(24)
21 Surrounded at Le Paradis 279(14)
22 Massacre at Le Paradis 293(10)
23 Manhunt. 303(19)
24 Crisis in the North 322(13)
25 Up the Glosters 335(10)
26 Massacre at Wormhout 345(17)
27 Escape to Dunkirk 362(13)
28 The Dunkirk Armada 375(9)
29 Beached 384(11)
3o Entente Cordiale 395(17)
31 Evacuation 412(11)
32 Rearguard 423(17)
33 Mission Accomplished 440(8)
34 Payback 448(10)
35 Sacrifice of the 51st Highland Division 458(23)
36 The Sinking of the Lancastria 481(16)
Epilogue 497(10)
Maps 507(32)
Appendices 539(4)
Dramatis Personae 543(4)
Abbreviations 547(2)
Notes 549(96)
Bibliography and Sources 645(16)
Acknowledgements 661(6)
Index 667