A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - From Dunkirk to the Armistice Fantom Paul
A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - From Dunkirk to the Armistice Fantom Paul Conducted between 27 May and 4 June 1940, Operation Dynamo was the evacuation from Dunkirk of…
Specifikacia A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - From Dunkirk to the Armistice Fantom Paul
A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - From Dunkirk to the Armistice Fantom Paul
Conducted between 27 May and 4 June 1940, Operation Dynamo was the evacuation from Dunkirk of most of the British Expeditionary Force cut off and surrounded during Fall Gelb - phase one of Germany's invasion of France. Two further British and Empire divisions were dispatched to be part of a 'Second BEF' but the blitzkrieg advance of the German panzers and mechanized infantry proved unstoppable. Despite the impression that British forces had no further presence there until D-Day, this was not the case.From 5 to 18 June 1940, during Fall Rot - phase two of the campaign, several British and Empire infantry and armored formations and an RAF contingent fought on in France.
Nevertheless, a rear-guard campaign allowed Operation Cycle was a further evacuation from Le Havre, though the attempted rescue of the 51st Highland Division from St Valery-en-Caux ended in its surrender.