Lancastria: The forgotten tragedy of World War Two

BBC Scotland ^ | 13th June 2015 | Graham Fraser

[TXnMA]

I finished the book, which, obviously, is entirely fiction.

I agree: "...just that: nonsense.".

[IronJack]

I doubt there was any force on earth in 1940 that could have withstood the German juggernaut. That the BEF held out as long as it did is credit to its mettle. That Hitler let 350,000 of them slip away foretold the other strategic blunders that cost him the war.

[exit82]

Thank you, FRiend—the Somme—that is what I was trying to think of.

[cyborg]

Learned something new