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Post by PanLeo on May 25, 2017 15:48:44 GMT
France was by no means the good guy or innocent so I can think of much darker days.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 25, 2017 16:54:00 GMT
Have you noticed that there aren't a lot of films dealing with the Battle of France? Years ago I saw one called "Eagles over London" and there is the recent "Dunkirk" movie, but mostly it's about the Germans getting pushed back from their earlier conquests. Even the history books concentrate mostly on that, it seems.
Battle of Britain (1969) briefly touches on it at the beginning. But mostly it's about Brits and the occasional Poles, Canadian, etc, kicking Jerry ass when they try their shit with the UK.
As I remember it began with the Germans celebrating their quick victory over France and looking out over the English Channel at their next objective, but I can't be sure because I saw it many years ago.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 25, 2017 17:01:24 GMT
France was by no means the good guy or innocent so I can think of much darker days. Agreed, but....was any country truly innocent or the good guy? From what I've seen, the country that came out of the war with the cleanest record was Finland.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 17:05:48 GMT
France was by no means the good guy or innocent so I can think of much darker days. Agreed, but....was any country truly innocent or the good guy? From what I've seen, the country that came out of the war with the cleanest record was Finland. Finland? Allied with Nazi Germany😃
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 25, 2017 17:18:16 GMT
Yes, in an attempt to regain land taken from them by the Russians in the Winter War, and for this they received aid from Britain, France, and the US. And if I recall correctly Finland was the only country to pay back its war debt.
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Post by Jonesy1 on May 29, 2017 20:36:19 GMT
Have you noticed that there aren't a lot of films dealing with the Battle of France? Years ago I saw one called "Eagles over London" and there is the recent "Dunkirk" movie, but mostly it's about the Germans getting pushed back from their earlier conquests. Even the history books concentrate mostly on that, it seems. Yes I have noticed that. I've seen trailers for the recent Dunkirk film, I'm not sure if it looks any good or not. I did enjoy the 1958 'Dunkirk' with John Mills and the 2004 BBC docudrama (also called Dunkirk) with Benedict Cumberbatch and narrated by Timothy Dalton. In 1995 when I was still in the army I was seconded to the navy for a 2 week exercise (Exercise Dynamo 95) and I was part of the crew of a sail training craft that escorted the 'little ship', or at least most of the ones that were still seaworthy, from Dover to Dunkirk and back again for the 55 anniversary commemorations and I met a lot of British and French veterans (and one German) and they were great guys. I joined a few of them for a drink (or several) and I felt very humble around them. I thought I had the photographs on photobucket, if I remember this weekend I'll upload them. Ok, I've uploaded them. These were taken in Dover, these are some of the little ships moored up the night before the crossing. ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20032_zpsl02ymyyd.jpg) HMS Norfolk at sundown at Dover ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20031_zpszwsemsz0.jpg) ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20056_zpsxry0jw4z.jpg) Dunkirk harbour. ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20051_zpso7nsrnzk.jpg) ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20050_zpsemebeoma.jpg) ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20049_zps3vofajqg.jpg) Dunkirk beach, we were roughly a mile offshore when I took this one. ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20054_zpsnh2usb5j.jpg) We were joined by a French destroyer. ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20052_zpsajtxk30h.jpg) An RAF Hercules just seconds after it dropped thousands of poppies onto the sea. In case anyone doesn't know in Britain the poppy is a symbol of remembrance. ![](http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f115/Supermarshal/Excercise%20Dynamo/Dunkirk%201995%20053_zpsdkwdsfpc.jpg)
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Post by The Herald Erjen on May 29, 2017 20:42:13 GMT
Cool. Thanks for posting these, Jonesy1.
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Post by Jonesy1 on May 29, 2017 20:58:53 GMT
You're welcome. Edit: You might find this photo interesting. This wasn't one of the little ships but the owners gained permission to join the flotilla. It's a yacht that the Royal Navy claimed as a prize of war at the end of the war, it's called the Maastricht and it was Hitler's personal yacht. ![](http://s46.photobucket.com/component/Download-File?file=%2Falbums%2Ff115%2FSupermarshal%2FExcercise%20Dynamo%2FDunkirk%201995%20042_zpsk7pwzzz2.jpg)
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