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Sir Michael Beetham's 90th Birthday
17th May 2013
Sir Michael Beetham enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the Royal Air Force. He joined the RAF as a pilot in 1941 and was awarded the DFC whilst serving with Bomber Command during 1943/44. Remaining in the post-war RAF, a number of flying and staff appointments followed
Read more about his supremely successful military career in Stay the distance at the special price of £19.00.
Dates in History
25th May 1940
Battle of Dunkirk
A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe.
Lord Gort made the decision to evacuate on May 25, 1940, and the last troops departed France on June 4.
Winston Churchill called the events in France "a colossal military disaster", saying that "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured. He hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".
Battle of Dunkirk
A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe.
Lord Gort made the decision to evacuate on May 25, 1940, and the last troops departed France on June 4.
Winston Churchill called the events in France "a colossal military disaster", saying that "the whole root and core and brain of the British Army" had been stranded at Dunkirk and seemed about to perish or be captured. He hailed their rescue as a "miracle of deliverance".
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