Dunkirk on Imax was brilliant!
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Drago
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Cowardice? Like when they slinked back out of A'stan with their tails between their legs?
Hitler was more afraid of his military becoming more popular than he was when, due to the Methamphetamine they were taking, they'd steamrollered RIGHT through Europe at a far greater rate than he'd ever have dreamed of and so told them to stay put in case they went for Guderian and Rommel et al and he'd be overthrown.
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Drago
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Tickets booked online, me and Mrs D seeing it Wednesday. Cannae wait.
Cycleops
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That might also be due to the fact that the French were poorly led and badly equipped.
Cycleops
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That might also be due to the fact that the French were poorly led and badly equipped.
Drago
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And had placed too much reliance on the Maginot Line. I mean, how unsporting of the Bosche to nip around the end instead!
Welsh wheels
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Interesting point. I've always wondered why the Nazis didn't make any great haste to Dunkirk.
Welsh wheels
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Going to see this next week hopefully
DRM
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There was a documentary on tv about the evacuation, told the story of two soldiers who were left behind & managed to get to Jersey & catch the ferry home
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I always thought that had more to do with over stretched supply lines than anything else.
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Drago
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And the troops starting to crash after weeks high on goofballs, insufficient Luftwaffe presence, plus the aforementioned political considerations.
Joey Shabadoo
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There were a number of reasons the Germans couldn't finish the job at Dunkirk.
1) Their tanks were seriously knackered, out of fuel and had no ammunition. The supply chain was horse drawn and couldn't keep up.
2) The British & French were, for once, in prepared defensive positions with all their armour and anti-tank guns concentrated to the point that a German attack would have been easily fended off.
3) The risk of massive casualties and an assurance from Goering that the Luftwaffe could keep the RN at bay and decimate the surrounded troops whilst the Wehrmacht re-supplied and made ready was why Hitler held off.
If Germany could have captured or destroyed the entire BEF, it's far more likely Britain would have sued for peace. As it was, we evacuated enough troops for the defence of the UK and four months later had enough spare to be sending them to Egypt.
1) Their tanks were seriously knackered, out of fuel and had no ammunition. The supply chain was horse drawn and couldn't keep up.
2) The British & French were, for once, in prepared defensive positions with all their armour and anti-tank guns concentrated to the point that a German attack would have been easily fended off.
3) The risk of massive casualties and an assurance from Goering that the Luftwaffe could keep the RN at bay and decimate the surrounded troops whilst the Wehrmacht re-supplied and made ready was why Hitler held off.
If Germany could have captured or destroyed the entire BEF, it's far more likely Britain would have sued for peace. As it was, we evacuated enough troops for the defence of the UK and four months later had enough spare to be sending them to Egypt.
Illaveago
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They think that one of the reason's was that the supply line had become stretched too much and so they needed to catch up. Also I think that a small counter attack had almost severed their lines and had given them a scare. IIRC even Rommel was forced to stop at one point.
