Download or read book Flames of Calais written by Airey Neave and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army, 30 Infantry Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there and his account remains the classic.