As much as I feel for the author, I do not believe Churchill “sacrificed” the lost brigade. They had a job to do, and because of their heroic stand, over 100,000 soldiers and sailors got to England to keep the battle going.
I do not think the author’s father ever thought that his unit was being “sacrificed” either. I believe he would have argued that they knew exactly what they were doing and why.
They sacrificed their lives, they were not a “sacrifice”. There is a huge difference.
And what a great picture.
I thought 100,000 seemed a little light. Wikipedia says there were 338,226 allied troops rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk. Not all were British, of course.
Yeah, the joke is old men with their pants pulled up over their belly button. But you see a pic like that and you realise why they did it. It’s because it didn’t look half bad on them when they were young men.
Every military formation has a skirmish line in front to serve the main body.
I do not particularly like the title either. It makes it sound like the author has a grudge against Churchill. I don’t think that is the case.