One of the great men of the 20th century was Airey Neave, author of “Flames of Calais: A Soldier’s Battle 1940”. Essential reading for anyone interested in the campaign of 1940.
As a young officer, wounded and captured at Calais, he endured years of incarceration at the hands of the Nazis but was never cowed by them. He went on to become Margaret Thatcher’s right hand man and a force behind her path to Prime Ministership. In 1979 he was murdered by another gang of neo-fascists, the so-called Provisional Irish Republican Army. A great loss.
Sounds like an amazing book. I will definitely check that out. Thank you for sharing.