"The Other Dunkirk" Topic
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Tango01  | 18 Aug 2024 4:03 p.m. PST |
"It's not talked about much in England and until our visit we had no idea about the events of 11 & 12 June 1940, until a vintage postcard took us up a deserted track for an unclear match through the trees to the town below. The match is unremarkable, except to highlight long lost suburban tidiness now replaced with a more relaxed attitude towards foliage…" Main page
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| Bill N | 18 Aug 2024 4:22 p.m. PST |
I thought you might be referring to this: link |
| Tango01 | 18 Aug 2024 10:50 p.m. PST |
The Myth of Dunkirk: What if the Germans Had Not Stopped link
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| Dagwood | 19 Aug 2024 5:01 a.m. PST |
I was thinking of the 1658 one … |
 deadhead | 19 Aug 2024 11:56 a.m. PST |
I liked Bill N's link, as it is a topic much overlooked and much info there. The evacuations well after Dunkirk and still quite sizeable. |
| Tango01 | 19 Aug 2024 2:46 p.m. PST |
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| 42flanker | 20 Aug 2024 1:15 a.m. PST |
'Dunkirk' is not a helpful reference as St Valery en Caux is a 100 miles or so south of Dunkirk. This was indicative of a growing gap between allied forces retreating on Dunkirk, and French 10me Armée, to which 51st(Highland) Div was attached, falling back southwest through Picardy toward ports on the Normandy coast, with German armoured formations advancing on their open flank. |
| Tango01 | 20 Aug 2024 2:53 p.m. PST |
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checks out the Panthers for D-Day: Germans.