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To: BenLurkin

40,000 French stayed behind fighting as a rear guard knowing they wouldn’t be evacuated so the others could.

They have a point.


26 posted on 07/22/2017 9:30:09 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

While I will not argue your point, if the French leadership had moved faster and proactively 4 weeks earlier, Dunkirk may not have ever happened or been necessary.


30 posted on 07/22/2017 9:42:37 AM PDT by GT Vander (Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
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To: Snickering Hound

This Brit agrees with you.


122 posted on 07/22/2017 11:27:20 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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