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_"The assertion that
it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian
State is absurd"
Adolf Hitler - 30th January 1934
Adolf Hitler - 30th January 1934
__Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain
-The Evacuation at Dunkirk was created By the Germans breaking through the Dyle Line of defences and the Ardennes and rushing to the coast where they surrounded approximately 500,000 British troops in approximately 17 days.
- When the British realized that they were surrounded they ordered the navy to put together an evacuation.
- The civilians were also involved in this evacuation.
- In the time that this evacuation happens 340,000 british troops are reduced in a weeks time.
- This evacuation was seen as a small allied victory, even though the Germans tactics had them totally surrounded.
- When the British realized that they were surrounded they ordered the navy to put together an evacuation.
- The civilians were also involved in this evacuation.
- In the time that this evacuation happens 340,000 british troops are reduced in a weeks time.
- This evacuation was seen as a small allied victory, even though the Germans tactics had them totally surrounded.
Summary
A small Allied victory because Germans surrounded British but they escaped.