Tigers at Dunkirk: The Leicestershire Regiment and the Fall of France

by Matthew Richardson

In this compelling new study of the disastrous 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, Matthew Richardson reconstructs in vivid detail the British army’s defeat as it was experienced by the soldiers of a single battalion, the 2nd/5th Leicesters.

These men typified the ill-equipped, under-trained British battalions that faced the blitzkrieg and the might of Hitler's legions. They were thrown into a series of desperate, one-sided engagements that resulted in a humiliating retreat, then evacuation from Dunkirk. This is their story.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2010

About the author

Matthew Richardson is Curator of Social History at Manx National Heritage (UK). He has a long-term interest in military history and has published several outstanding books on the subject. He also an interest in the history of the Isle of Man TT.

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Reviews

[Mike Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good read. As a local boy it was easy to relate to the people and it showed clearly what an absolute mess happened to poorly equiped armies stuck twenty years behind their enemies modern updated army.