Operation Dynamo Memorial At Teddington Lock - London. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Operation Dynamo Memorial At Teddington Lock - London. / Jim Linwood
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| 説明 | Memorial reads:How Teddington’s Little Shipshelped win the Second World War----------------------------------------------In the Spring of 1940 allied troopswere trapped between the German advance at the sea at Dunkirk in Northern France.The evacuation of those troops ‘Operation Dynamo’was helped by private boats which crossed the Channel and whilst under constant attack from the Luftwaffe ferried men from the shallow beaches to larger ships offshore.Douglas Tough assembled 100 of these Little Ships at Tough Brothers boatyard which once stood opposite this plaque.During the 10-day operation they helped in the rescue of 335,226 British and French troops who were saved to fight another day.Wartime leader Winston Churchill called this“A miracle of deliverance.” |
| 撮影日 | 2013-10-19 10:23:52 |
| 撮影者 | Jim Linwood , London |
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