Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
30% of the troops taken off at Dunkirk were French, so they certainly did leg it.

One of the reasons the operation was possible was the brave perimeter action fought by French and British troops. More important was Hitler’s decision to halt the panzers - which were, in truth, desperately short of fuel and maintenance by that time. Furthermore, without the RAF containing the Luftwaffe before they reached the beaches, both troops and ships would have been bombed to nothing.

How did your precious Frogs get on when the winter turned a little chilly in Moscow, anyway? Oh yes, they turned round and slunk off home.
Fück off. Only cos the cheating Ruski ƒucks burnt their own (ex-caputal) city like the heathen barbarians they are.

Oh, and I was talking about the outer-perimeter action fought by the frogs. 2 rgts fought to the death. Had they quit at the start, no evac at all. The fact they fought to the very last man is why we had that final day when, against RN advice, WSC ordered a final day of evac and we got the free froggies away.

23 miles of water does not make us better human beings. Let alone better soldiers. If Boney had tried to invade Nepal, the Girkhas would have handed him his arse on a plate like they did to us.