When the Dunkirk evacuation ended on 4 June the press reported that 'every last man' of the Expeditionary Force had been saved. The government...
I was recently hearing that "the entire British army" had to be evacuated from Dunkirk and that Dunkirk marked the end of the BEF's involvement in...
Roy Martin submitted a new resource: Nurse Robin Andrews - Her account of her escape from France June 1940 Robin Andrews was a nurse in the...
Robin Andrews was a nurse in the American Hospital in Paris when the Germans invaded, this is Nurse Andrew's account of her escape from France....
I am doing research into the 1st Base Ordnance Depot that existed at Nantes, 1939-40, before its evacuation in June, 1940. My grand uncle was part...
Many British and Allied troops remained in France when the Dunkirk evacuation ended. The next evacuation was Operation Cycle, this was followed by...
I transcribed this some years ago and it was first posted on Naval-History.net. Sorry about the highlighting in places, I can't seem to delete it.
Three personal accounts of escapes from France after Dunkirk
Even less known than Operation Aerial, again mostly cargo ships. Most of the women and children were trans-shipped to passenger vessels while in...
These are chapters from one of my books. For the concurrent evacuation from the south of France see Operation Spirit; which I shall load next.
During the last couple of months I have, like many others I suspect, been downloading ship’s movement cards from TNA, mostly for Operation Aerial....
I wrote the following based on an account provided by a veteran called Jack Mount, unfortunately I now can't locate Jack's papers. My question is,...
Hi guys, looking for some direction to the following. My great grandad was in the battalion, and they arrived in France on 12th June 1940 for 5...
Hello, would anyone know of a book on Operation Aerial at all please. My Grandfather was evacuated during this as a medical orderly. I’ve read a...
This is a duplicate posting, but I did not caption it correctly - sorry!
I attach four pages about the Breton Redoubt, which may be of interest. They are an Appendix from Basil Karslake's book The Last Act.
The recent thread in the General Forum, 500 British Refugees on Missing Train, draws attention to one of a number of smaller evacuations that took...
HEALTH WARNING I have put the wrong file reference on this file and I cannot find the correct one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
During his speech on 18 June 1940, WSC said 'we are to have a secret session on (Thursday) 20th June'. Please cancel my message, I have ordered...
Hi. My grandfather served on the HMS Maid Marion, a Cornish lugger during the evacuation on La Rochelle in 1940. Ive just spoken to the owner who...
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