 | Dunkirk - The Battle For France
Taken from the sleeve:
So long as the English tongue survives, the word 'Dunkerque' will be spoken with reverence....The glowing language with which the New York Times greeted the extraordinary rescue of the beleaguered British Expeditionary Force from otherwise certain defeat and captivity on the continent, was in may ways typical of the time. In Britain, despite Churchills stern reminder that 'wars are not won by evacuation;, a tangle of myths quickly sprung up around Dunkirk, which came to be regarded almost as a major victory. A major victory it certainly was. Dunkirk was a brilliantly executed withdrawal of land forces - minus all their equipment - across the Channel, following a series of unparalled military disasters. Indeed, to the Germans, Dunkirk was virtually a sideshow. intent on completing the conquest of France, they no longer regarded the small British army as posing any significant threat....
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