Dunkirk

Leaning a little at the back of the trench, he watched the thick smoke drifting off the city of Dunkirk.

It was clear that merciless fighting was going on there, and that the men in the city must be having a pretty bad time.

Staring with wide blue eyes at the sergeant, the youngest of the platoon approached him.

There was a pleading tone in his voice when he said:

"Will we have time, Sergeant?

The sergeant did not turn, but asked:

"Time for what?

"To get there ...

 

Dunkirk is a story belonging to the World War II collection, a series of war novels developed in World War II.