Using revelatory new material on the event which changed the tide of World War II, this is the first major history to uncover what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk.

Drawing on his own military experience, his German-language skills and his historian’s eye for detail, Robert Kershaw creates a new history of this famous battle which delves into the under-evaluated major miscalculations of the Germans, both strategic and tactical, that arguably cost Hitler the war.

Some comments on the previous hardback edition:

‘A myth-busting history of Dunkirk.’

                Richard Overy, The Telegraph

‘Kershaw’s book is a welcome rebalancing; a thoughtful, well-researched and well-written contribution to a narrative that has long been too one-sided and too mired in national mythology.’

                Roger Moorhouse, The Times

‘Robert Kershaw’s accurate and gritty account provides a fresh coherency to the German action in Belgium and France in the spring of 1940. His methodical approach dispels many of the myths surrounding Dunkirk.’

                David Price, bestselling author of The Crew

‘This is military history of the highest order.’

                Jonathan Dimbleby, author and broadcaster

‘Impeccably researched, a unique and enthralling approach – Dunkirk solely from the victors’ perspective.’

                Anthony Tucker-Jones, author of Churchill, Master and Commander

‘Robert Kershaw has produced another superb book that demands a reassessment of the fighting at Dunkirk. In this highly readable and insightful account, Kershaw provides a much needed corrective to some of the assumptions made about the German forces using a new and underutilised sources.

The result is blend of absorbing narrative history and clinical analysis, that deserves take its place among the great works about this totemic battle.’

                Lloyd Clark, author of Blitzkrieg: Myth, Reality and Hitler’s Lightning War

‘An impressive account – Kershaw uses a mass of eye-witness testimony to fashion a compelling narrative. In doing so, he offers an important reassessment of this pivotal moment in World War Two.’

                Michael Jones, author of After Hitler: The Last Days of the Second World War

‘Robert Kershaw makes all the complexities of 1940 easy to comprehend. This is a first-class book by a master of his trade. He comfortably combines British, French and German voices in an epic story which traverses the tactical to the grand strategic. In each area, a new and refreshing telling of one of the most decisive years in British history, he demonstrates that he is master of all.’

                Robert Lyman, author of A War of Empires

‘Kershaw tells an excellent story from a hitherto neglected viewpoint.’

                History of War