How long does it take to read Dunkirk?
Fight to the Last Man
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Dunkirk by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore takes about 12 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 51 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 701 pages, about 192,775 words.
26 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 21 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it not been for the tenacity of the British soldiers who stayed behind to ensure they got away. Men like Sergeant Major Gus Jennings who died smothering a German stick bomb in the church at Esquelbecq in an effort to save his comrades, and Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC who single-handedly held back a German attack on the Dunkirk perimeter thereby allowing the British line to form up behind him. Told to stand and fight to the last man, these brave few battalions fought in whatever manner they could to buy precious time for the evacuation. Outnumbered and outgunned, they launched spectacular and heroic attacks time and again, despite ferocious fighting and the knowledge that for many only capture or death would end their struggle.
Subjects: Tweede Wereldoorlog, Westfeldzug, Schlacht, Alliierte, Geschichte, Evakuierung
