It is 75 years ago today when the Miracle of Dunkirk began. My father in law was on HMS Codrington which had just returned from bringing the Dutch Royal Family out of Holland when they got orders to go to Dunkirk.Only one ship brought more home from there than the Codrington. His diary is today the subject of an article in the Lancs telegraph.We have a medal that the French bestowed on persons who were involved. Churchill said it was a defeat so no medal was ever awarded by the British Government but I bet every one of the troops picked up from the beaches thought their rescuers should have had one.
Dunkirk 75th Anniversary
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Holy feces batperson ... that's only about four years before I was born
I remember taking a cruise on the PS Medway Queen ... she used to run day cruises and I hopped on with my grandad at Southend pier. A wonderful ship. She made 7 trips to Dunkirk, and there was a commemorative plaque detailing her exploits.
It might not have been a victory, but after the collapse of the French Army, it sure must have seemed like one. It also might arguably be one of the major turning points of the war. If the British field army had not been evacuated, the Cabinet might have reconsidered its decision to stay in the fight. Game over.
I remember taking a cruise on the PS Medway Queen ... she used to run day cruises and I hopped on with my grandad at Southend pier. A wonderful ship. She made 7 trips to Dunkirk, and there was a commemorative plaque detailing her exploits.
It might not have been a victory, but after the collapse of the French Army, it sure must have seemed like one. It also might arguably be one of the major turning points of the war. If the British field army had not been evacuated, the Cabinet might have reconsidered its decision to stay in the fight. Game over.
The men in those little boats were heroes.
I could never understand why the Germans(sorry, Nazis) didn't sweep those 350,000 men up or eliminate them.
Without them we would have had no trained army left and that would have been the end.
I could never understand why the Germans(sorry, Nazis) didn't sweep those 350,000 men up or eliminate them.
Without them we would have had no trained army left and that would have been the end.
Not that difficult to understand. The Nazis outran their supply lines. Rommel's 7th Panzer, by the way, holds the record for the biggest one day advance by an armored unit in WW2, easily beating Patton. Also, the Blitzkrieg shocked the OKW as much as it did the allies. Theories based on speculations that the Nazis (sorry, Germans
) spared the British army in order to somehow make the Brits more likely to negotiate a peace are just so much horse manure. Talking of horse manure, one of the reasons that supplies couldn't keep up with the Panzers is that the majority of German (sorry, Nazi) transport was horse-drawn.
The heroism of ordinary folk,they witnessed the true horror of War....
....Thinking of you all-You'll always be Remembered..........R I P.
....Thinking of you all-You'll always be Remembered..........R I P.