History lesson
Describing an upcoming documentary programme of soldiers’ recollections of the second world war, a summary said: “In June 1940 a third of a million British and American soldiers were rescued at Dunkirk.” The troops rescued from the Dunkirk area were mainly British, French, Belgian, Canadian, Polish and Dutch. Not until December 1941 did the US enter the war (Pick of the day, 22 May, page 95, the Guide). Link
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