Char B1 was formidable and nearly turned it back around in Abbeville but tactical unflexability and the arrival of the flak 8,8 which made short work of them sealed the deal
Wouldve been 10/10 if the right doge in the “Popular culture” slide said “Gott strafe England” instead
Ironically, the germans stopped assaulting because they ran out of meth, and most german officers were surprised the french were so eager to defend dunkirk
And if we hadn’t done that how would you expect us to have landed on your beaches some years later !!
I guess “Reality” means something else in Frog
Sometimes I think the French would have preferred not to be liberated based on pure embarrassment
The battle was lost at this point anyway. If only the French had shown that spirit at [Sedan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)) a little earlier in the campaign, the whole nazi occupation thing might have been avoided.
As much as they hate to admit it, the fall of France and nazi domination of Europe was 110% a French fuckup, which is why they get so much shit for it, alas.
We need to be clear. We are the only reason you Europeans are not all speaking German.
If the Belgians held up their end, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
German saying during this battle : “the English will fight until the last french”
Omg the British didn’t leave 75,000 men to die in France when the French couldn’t even defend themselves. Cowards right guys? Eh guys?
Nah I know it’s not as simple as the French couldn’t defend themselves, but to expect us to stay and be surrounded after your army capitulated is a bit naive. Yeah you did hold our retreat while we escaped, but we wouldn’t have had to escape if you guys had properly manned the Ardennes, or had a proper chain of command, or even fully committed to your own defence.
And if we hadn’t escaped who would have funded the resistance? Because I don’t recall anyone else in Europe offering up arms and information for you guys to fight back…..
But once again nothing is a simple as ‘the Brits ran away’ or ‘the French surrendered within weeks of being invaded’. But one thing is for certain. Without us there wouldn’t have been a French resistance, and without you we wouldn’t have had an army to defend Britain.
Biggest French copium ever. Gets us encircled by letting Hans and his panzers through the Ardennes without a fight and then blames us when we quite sensibly decide to go home and think about how we’re gonna rectify the situation over tea and biscuits.
“Oh we got invaded because the UK didn’t defend us hard enough” can you imagine if any other country said this? For Christ’s sake Pierre, you are supposed to be one of the big boys of Europe.
Who do you talk to who believes the top slide? What movies are you talking about?
French propaganda on my European sub again ?
I think the top depection is all in your head. I don’t think there are any positive portrayals of brits on the ground defending Dunkirk.
Most of them are “small boats are the saviors” films. the smalls boats had very little impact on the overall situation. (If you are interested in reading more on this British fable and how it’s false I recommend Otto English’s “fake history”)
Movies about Dunkirk according to Wikipedia;
Atonement (2007 film) – Guy gets separated from his unit and waits for rescue while gravely wounded (not very heroic)
Dunkirk (1958 film) – General Gort ignores the order to counter attack and instead retreats also this is a “small boats rescue”
Dunkirk (2017 film) – see above
Mrs. Miniver – a romantic film that only features Dunkirk in passing (one of the characters goes off to help with the small boats)
The Snow Goose (film)- another romance film from the perspective of the the average British villager, ie doesn’t comment on the events happening at Dunkirk just the small boats
Their Finest- a film about British propaganda during the blitz, about people whos boats broke down on the way to Dunkirk
Weekend at Dunkirk- A French film about a French sergeant trying to flee and ends up fleeing on a stole boat (ok maybe this agrees with the top one, but considering this is a French film, that their fault)
It absolutely destroys French ego that we both survived and helped liberate them in the most defining and destructive war of all time, and this is how they fail to cope with it.
Pierre’s defence plan was shit, Pierre’s flank folded like tissue and those troops evacuated formed the cadre of the army that fought on and eventually landed 5 years later 🤷♂️
So my Mum’s Dad, uncles and two grandfathers were at Dunkerque in their fishing boats from Torbay, and they maintain that the French defended the British soldiers trying to get on boats until the very end. The Germans were practically on the beach by the end. I think my relatives escaped injury though, but were very pleased fishing was a protected occupation (i.e. didn’t have to enlist).
So yes, British soldiers were hemmed in due to failures of French upper command at the Ardennes, but the French boots on the ground held steady for 200,000 ish British troops. Nice one.
Vichy more like:
“Oh sacre bleu Hans, please don’t bend me over and make love to my bottom, like zis, I will show you how not to, please take Paris”
Getting out of France is the dream of every true Barry. Hardly surprising we’re proud when thousands achieve such an inspirational goal at once.
Here comes Pierre again with the ‘noone remembers us:( putain anglos’
Everyone knows the french fought and held the rear guard, it was shown in a massive Hollywood film, its taught in history etc etc
Stop with the victim complex
Reminder that France could have fucked Hitler in the arse while he was kissing Stalin in Poland, but didn’t.
Reality: Dunkirk wouldn’t have been necessary if the French didn’t fold like a napkin in the first place, and the fighting defence was a joint – not solely French – effort that alloed the British to evacuate thousands of French troops.
Also 100% fact: Mers El Kebir was absolutely deserved and history’s greatest military victory.
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“They hated him cause he told them the truth”
Napoleon Complex
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Char B1 was formidable and nearly turned it back around in Abbeville but tactical unflexability and the arrival of the flak 8,8 which made short work of them sealed the deal
Wouldve been 10/10 if the right doge in the “Popular culture” slide said “Gott strafe England” instead
Ironically, the germans stopped assaulting because they ran out of meth, and most german officers were surprised the french were so eager to defend dunkirk
And if we hadn’t done that how would you expect us to have landed on your beaches some years later !!
I guess “Reality” means something else in Frog
Sometimes I think the French would have preferred not to be liberated based on pure embarrassment
The battle was lost at this point anyway. If only the French had shown that spirit at [Sedan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan_(1940)) a little earlier in the campaign, the whole nazi occupation thing might have been avoided.
As much as they hate to admit it, the fall of France and nazi domination of Europe was 110% a French fuckup, which is why they get so much shit for it, alas.
We need to be clear. We are the only reason you Europeans are not all speaking German.
If the Belgians held up their end, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
German saying during this battle : “the English will fight until the last french”
Omg the British didn’t leave 75,000 men to die in France when the French couldn’t even defend themselves. Cowards right guys? Eh guys?
Nah I know it’s not as simple as the French couldn’t defend themselves, but to expect us to stay and be surrounded after your army capitulated is a bit naive. Yeah you did hold our retreat while we escaped, but we wouldn’t have had to escape if you guys had properly manned the Ardennes, or had a proper chain of command, or even fully committed to your own defence.
And if we hadn’t escaped who would have funded the resistance? Because I don’t recall anyone else in Europe offering up arms and information for you guys to fight back…..
But once again nothing is a simple as ‘the Brits ran away’ or ‘the French surrendered within weeks of being invaded’. But one thing is for certain. Without us there wouldn’t have been a French resistance, and without you we wouldn’t have had an army to defend Britain.
Biggest French copium ever. Gets us encircled by letting Hans and his panzers through the Ardennes without a fight and then blames us when we quite sensibly decide to go home and think about how we’re gonna rectify the situation over tea and biscuits.
“Oh we got invaded because the UK didn’t defend us hard enough” can you imagine if any other country said this? For Christ’s sake Pierre, you are supposed to be one of the big boys of Europe.
Who do you talk to who believes the top slide? What movies are you talking about?
French propaganda on my European sub again ?
I think the top depection is all in your head. I don’t think there are any positive portrayals of brits on the ground defending Dunkirk.
Most of them are “small boats are the saviors” films. the smalls boats had very little impact on the overall situation. (If you are interested in reading more on this British fable and how it’s false I recommend Otto English’s “fake history”)
Movies about Dunkirk according to Wikipedia;
Atonement (2007 film) – Guy gets separated from his unit and waits for rescue while gravely wounded (not very heroic)
Dunkirk (1958 film) – General Gort ignores the order to counter attack and instead retreats also this is a “small boats rescue”
Dunkirk (2017 film) – see above
Mrs. Miniver – a romantic film that only features Dunkirk in passing (one of the characters goes off to help with the small boats)
The Snow Goose (film)- another romance film from the perspective of the the average British villager, ie doesn’t comment on the events happening at Dunkirk just the small boats
Their Finest- a film about British propaganda during the blitz, about people whos boats broke down on the way to Dunkirk
Weekend at Dunkirk- A French film about a French sergeant trying to flee and ends up fleeing on a stole boat (ok maybe this agrees with the top one, but considering this is a French film, that their fault)
Edit: here a video by otto english if you don’t want to read a book https://youtu.be/TQ1w2D1Gaws?si=MTqZvpPim9ZlBfsy
Meanwhile France & Britain surrendering.
Belgium keeps on fighting
Very rare Belgian W
It absolutely destroys French ego that we both survived and helped liberate them in the most defining and destructive war of all time, and this is how they fail to cope with it.
Pierre’s defence plan was shit, Pierre’s flank folded like tissue and those troops evacuated formed the cadre of the army that fought on and eventually landed 5 years later 🤷♂️
So my Mum’s Dad, uncles and two grandfathers were at Dunkerque in their fishing boats from Torbay, and they maintain that the French defended the British soldiers trying to get on boats until the very end. The Germans were practically on the beach by the end. I think my relatives escaped injury though, but were very pleased fishing was a protected occupation (i.e. didn’t have to enlist).
So yes, British soldiers were hemmed in due to failures of French upper command at the Ardennes, but the French boots on the ground held steady for 200,000 ish British troops. Nice one.
Vichy more like:
“Oh sacre bleu Hans, please don’t bend me over and make love to my bottom, like zis, I will show you how not to, please take Paris”
Getting out of France is the dream of every true Barry. Hardly surprising we’re proud when thousands achieve such an inspirational goal at once.
Here comes Pierre again with the ‘noone remembers us:( putain anglos’
Everyone knows the french fought and held the rear guard, it was shown in a massive Hollywood film, its taught in history etc etc
Stop with the victim complex
Reminder that France could have fucked Hitler in the arse while he was kissing Stalin in Poland, but didn’t.
Reality: Dunkirk wouldn’t have been necessary if the French didn’t fold like a napkin in the first place, and the fighting defence was a joint – not solely French – effort that alloed the British to evacuate thousands of French troops.
Also 100% fact: Mers El Kebir was absolutely deserved and history’s greatest military victory.
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