Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Dunkirk 70 years ago

Today is the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk.

2 comments:

Francis Hunt said...

Surely the 70th anniversary, Michael! :-)

Michael Commane said...

Thank you Francis. Of course, May 26 1940.

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