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Operation Dynamo: 70 Years After, The Veterans Return To Dunkirk
TO Dunkirk with the dwindling bad of veterans of Operation Dynamo. Seventy years ago, a massive operation made up of mostly fishing vessels and privately owned boats set sail across the English Channel. Thanks to them, 225,000 British troops and 125,000 French were rescued from the Dunkirk beaches. Had they not been rescued the German war machine was ready to slaughter them… Can you imagine it? The fear. The relief. The sorrow. They’re going back. To remember. Don’t forget…
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Posted: 27th, May 2010 | In: Flashback | Comment (1)