Prologue: “The Past Is a Foreign Country”
PART ONE • The Second Great War
7. “Gad, Gentlemen, Here’s to Our Greatest Victory of the War”
PART TWO • The Battle of France
10. “The Top of the Greasy Pole”
12. “We Are Beaten; We Have Lost the Battle”
13. “The Mortal Gravity of the Hour”
14. May 20, 1940: “A Pretty Fair Pig of a Day”
17. The Sharp End of the Stick
18. The Battle of Arras: “We May Be foutu”
19. “Their Zest and Delight in Shooting Germans Was Most Entertaining”
21. “Fight It Out to the Bitter End”
24. “Presume Troops Know They Are Cutting Their Way Home to Blighty”
26. “Fight It Out, Here or Elsewhere”
29. “The Best Mug of Tea I Have Ever Had in My Life”