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Hitler ordered his panzer divisions to halt for a couple of days, this allowed tens of thousands more to be rescued off the beaches than would probably have been the case, so you could say yes, we were let off the hook a bit. That's of course not denigrating the monumental effort that went into...

They had no concept of how the German Strategy of Blitzkrieg would render their tactics irrelevant. Most of the generals thought it would be like WW1 again. The French actually had more tanks than the Germans, they were just spread thinly across the whole front, whereas the Germans concentrated...

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Incredible story. An optimistic forecast initially was they might get 80000 out. Got more than 300000 in the end. Incredible sacrifices to keep the corridor open and defend the perimeter. If anyone's interested a trip to Dover Castle, where the operation was controlled from is well worth a...