70 Years ago this week...

[Slartibartfast]

Dunkirk... where the little ships and RN pulled 338,000 out of Dunkirk and the surrounding areas...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8707657.stm

 

[Lexx_Luthor]

One of the most amazing fleet of little ships and boats ever assembled.

 

I saw a vid the other day of Maddox new BoB And Beyond sim (what I call it) and it got me started thinking of WW2 again. But Dunkirk didn't cross my mind. Thanks for the reminder.

[Silverbolt]

 

true heroes

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

This is real history! WW2 was a much more important for Europe than we can imagine

[+pcpilot]

I always appreciated this story. Between the dunkirk salvation of the army and the defeat of the luftwaffe during the battle of Britain, enigma, Bomber command, and the defeat of Rommel in Africa, the battle of the Atlantic, and not to mention dozens of other battles during the war, Englands' contribution to the war was truely awesome and inspiring. Quiet dignity meets backbone in a special way in that good country...

[Stingray72]

I agree with pcpilot.

 

The other day I was flying on IL2, and someone made mention of Germans being stubborn. I replied the it was not the Germans who were remembered for this, it was indeed the British. Every single engagement that these men and women fought for the first 2/3 of the war was always in the balance but for a few men. Malta, BoB, Africa, Atlantic, Burma, all of them were held onto through sheer tenacity, a drive to just get through it, survive and continue fighting because they new what was at stake and had known and been fighting since the very beginning. They took severe blows and setbacks, and always came up swinging somehow to give some lucky shot to cripple their foe! Simply amazing!!

 

 

my islander allies, you did a great service to this world many many years ago, one that should not be nor will be forgotten, history has made sure of this

 

~Rob

Edited May 27, 2010 by Stingray72

[+Gepard]

This was the first major miscalculation of the little austrian private.

[Stingray72]

You mean Corporal. That's what his Generals used to call him behind his back lol. He hated them for it.

[Capitaine Vengeur]

I agree with pcpilot.

 

The other day I was flying on IL2, and someone made mention of Germans being stubborn. I replied the it was not the Germans who were remembered for this, it was indeed the British. Every single engagement that these men and women fought for the first 2/3 of the war was always in the balance but for a few men. Malta, BoB, Africa, Atlantic, Burma, all of them were held onto through sheer tenacity, a drive to just get through it, survive and continue fighting because they new what was at stake and had known and been fighting since the very beginning. They took severe blows and setbacks, and always came up swinging somehow to give some lucky shot to cripple their foe! Simply amazing!!

 

 

my islander allies, you did a great service to this world many many years ago, one that should not be nor will be forgotten, history has made sure of this

 

~Rob

 

 

Agree about the stubbornness. During that time (and anytime, after all), the Bulldog was much more the symbol of the British than the Lion was. You kick his ass, he still has teeth. You kick his teeth, he still has muscled gums. I remember that from 1940 on, the first pictures in the British weekly news always faded in-fade out Churchill's face, than a bulldog's face.