Actually leading up to the brits “evacuation” at Dunkirk, it was the French who fought the rear guard action and allowed them to escape.
My Grandfather was among those who were evacuated, it was his last action in the war.
He was not very flattering towards Churchill, who he described as a drunk and a letch. Churchill threw them under the bus when he refused peace terms from Hitler. Hitler could have destroyed them all, but allowed them to escape.
My grandfather never understood why he did that, his only reasoning was that hitler was also a frontline troop who saw no honour in killing with artillery.
The “surrender monkey” and tanks with 5 reverse gears tropes are English defence mechanisms.
Actually leading up to the brits “evacuation” at Dunkirk, it was the French who fought the rear guard action and allowed them to escape.
My Grandfather was among those who were evacuated, it was his last action in the war.
He was not very flattering towards Churchill, who he described as a drunk and a letch. Churchill threw them under the bus when he refused peace terms from Hitler. Hitler could have destroyed them all, but allowed them to escape.
My grandfather never understood why he did that, his only reasoning was that hitler was also a frontline troop who saw no honour in killing with artillery.
The “surrender monkey” and tanks with 5 reverse gears tropes are English defence mechanisms.