On This Day 76 Years Ago: Churchill Said: “We shall fight on the beaches!”
On 4th June 1940 the Dunkirk evacuation was completed with over 338,000 troops rescued to fight another day and Winston Churchill made his famous "We shall fight on the beaches!" speech.
Mr Churchill tempered his admiration for the success of Operation Dynamo with these words:
"Wars are not won by evacuations".
"There is no doubt in my mind that the last few weeks have been a colossal military disaster."
"The British Expeditionary Force had to leave behind all its heavy armour and Read more [...]