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Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Ships Recreate Dunkirk Journey for 70th Anniversary clipped by: merrie clippers remarks: Miracle Of Deliverance The 70th anniversary of Dunkirk, the rescue of Britains army in the wake of the German blitzkrieg on France, is commemorated by a memorial fleet, Ramsgate to Dunkirk. Vid, history and maps at the BBC. A nod to my friend Paul C., Vietnam Psyops vet and reverent scholar of WWII, on the BBC link. by Jules Crittenden http://bit.ly/14cKTz http://www.julescrittenden.com Clip Source: www.julescrittenden.com The real one was pulled off by more than 800 naval vessels, merchant ships, fishing boats and pleasure craft as small as 15 feet, May 26-June 4, 1940, prompting Churchill?s famous ?We shall fight on the beaches ? we shall never surrender? speech. The result of the action by England?s ?little ships,? he called a ?miracle of deliverance.? No miracle. Churchill could make his claim with confidence. Under heavy attack by the Luftwaffe, an estimated 5,000 were killed in the evacuation and more than 200 vessels, one in four, were lost. Total allied casualties in the battle of Dunkirk, an estimated 30,000 killed or wounded and 34,000 missing or captured, according to Wikipedia.  Another 338,000 were saved to fight another day. Hitler had ordered a three-day halt, and a number of top German brass considered the failure to launch an assault a critical error. A nod to my friend Paul C., Vietnam Psyops vet and reverent scholar of WWII, on the BBC link. Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk Dunkirk disappointment recalled Tags: the battle of dunkirk, 800 naval vessels, fishing boats and pleasure craft, merchant ships, the luftwaffe, winston churchill zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de