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To: Not_Who_U_Think

The Ukies fought more bravely and honorably than the Brits did at Dunkirk, where they abandoned a militarily defensible position with the world’s largest navy supporting them.
FWIW, after D-Day, the German held Dunkirk, without the world’s largest navy and against the world’s two largest navies until after VE Day.


12 posted on 05/17/2022 6:51:58 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Dr. Franklin

You really think Dunkirk was a militarily defensible position? Really? With all due respect, the only reason they got out of Dunkirk is because the Germans stopped the advance, thinking that they could just mop up with the Luftwaffe.

In no way shape or form, is having your back to the sea, in a tiny pocket, defensible. If the navy at your back was such a counterbalance why did they have to abandon the British forces to the north?

Sorry but the British position at Dunkirk was not sustainable, and I would also note, that even if it were, Britian needed its army back home. We must remember, British armies were no where near the scale of european armies. The British army was that of a sea power, and always has been.

If your post was sarcasm, I apologize for missing it.


15 posted on 05/17/2022 7:09:12 AM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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