| Had it not been for the evacuation of the B.E.F and allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk and La Panne. The core of the British army would have been lost.
The previous two weeks to the evacuation had seen vicious fighting and total confusion mainly due to the fact that the allies had expected to fight a war pretty much like they had in 1914 -1918.
Blitzkreig had come as a devestating shock to them all.
The B.E.F was made up of three Corps of mainly regular soldiers supported by some Territorial regiments and Yeomanry.
They had taken huge ammounts of the armys latest equipment with them, only to destroy it all rather than risk its capture by the Germans.
If it hadnt been for the actions of Churchill and the Royal navy under Admiral Bert Ramsay and the (little ships) then Britain would certainly have fallen. |