elxaime -> RE: New Dunkirk Trailer (7/19/2017 8:30:07 PM)
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Sounds like a great movie and looking forward to seeing it. And certainly a great moment in history for the UK/Commonwealth forces of all arms. But I do hope they give at least a nod to the contributions of the French forces, particularly the French First Army which fought on at Lille to cover the retreat. From the wiki: "In his celebrated book The Second World War (1949), Winston Churchill described the Allied defence of Lille as a "splendid contribution" which delayed the German advance for four days and allowed the escape of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk." "William L. Shirer wrote in 1969 that the "gallant" defence of Lille "helped the beleaguered Anglo-French forces around the port to hold out for an additional two to three days and thus save at least 100,000 more troops"."
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