Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of Maps xiii
Prologue xv
Chapter 1 To War - with the British Expeditionary Force in France 1
Chapter 2 Retreat 13
Chapter 3 Dunkirk 23
Chapter 4 Operation Dynamo 29
Chapter 5 A Day at the Beach 33
Chapter 6 With the Commandos - Weymouth 39
Chapter 7 With the Commandos - Scotland 53
Chapter 8 The Lofoten Island Raid 57
Chapter 9 Return to the Bedfords 75
Chapter 10 The War in North Africa 81
Chapter 11 Tunisia 1943 85
Chapter 12 Into Captivity 99
Chapter 13 Fontanellato 107
Chapter 14 Armistice - and Freedom 117
Chapter 15 On the Run 133
Chapter 16 Christmas in Corvaro 153
Chapter 17 News of a Landing 159
Chapter 18 Triumph and Tragedy 163
Chapter 19 Going Home 171
Chapter 20 Preparing to Invade 181
Chapter 21 Operation Overlord 185
Chapter 22 The Breakout 201
Chapter 23 The Great Swan 207
Chapter 24 Operation Market Garden 215
Chapter 25 Holding the Line 219
Chapter 26 Farewell 227
Bibliography 229
Index 233
