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Originally Posted by insanecoder
Yes this is the standard speil
we all know the victors write the history books
investigative history barely even exist
most history is "research" by bookworms basing their reference on a few older books
his surviving generals tell of a different story
and one german "military historian" approved of by the allies I would not call definitive history
a "dunkirk blunder" hardly fits into the string of strategic moves up to that point
the wermacht was quite an able force and well commanded in 40'
they would not have left 400,000 able troops on the beaches they could have EASILY smooshed if they had no other intentions
read the alternative accounts then make up your mind
some things described as fairy tales should be seen as such
its in the past anyway
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No your earlier post was the standard 'spiel'.
I know a fair bit about ww2, my great grandad was a supply driver because he was to old to fight, my grandad fought in North Afrika & Italy & my mum was a teenage girl living in Ramsgate (one of the ports the little ships set sail from) & remembers the ships returning laden with allied soldiers, many with terrible wounds.
She along with similar aged girls were tearing sheets into strips for the use of dressing wounds & distributing tea.
