The Defence of Calaise by Terence Cuneo [Print]

Artist: Terence Cuneo [browse all Terence Cuneo]

Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm)    

Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk.