Sorry, not that I like the French (sometimes I am downright disgusted with them), but they do have a point. 140,000 is 25 to 30% of the troops that were evacuated.
To completely ignore them does history an injustice. Let’s face it, this is a historical re-enactment. Until this article, I never imagined there 140,000 French troops on the beach being rescued with the British.
Now to more important things.
Why do French tanks have rear view mirrors? So they can see the battle.
Their new navy ships have glass bottoms, so they can see their old navy ships.
Why should you download the French version of a program? It will run faster.
How do you make a French flag? Cut a white sheet in a 2’ x 3’ rectangle.
More please
Heard one that went something like “for sale: 1 French machine gun-only dropped once”.
The vast majority of French soldiers evacuated to England were brought back to France to engage the Germans.
They were begged to stay and form up another army to fight another day and some did - but most insisted on returning to fight. That they did and most were POWs by the end of the battle with the Germans. - or killed in action.
French leadership was not much to brag about.