First, when the armistice order was conveyed, the German armored forces immediately entered a state of rest. The German officers and men who fought continuously for 17 days can be said to be? People are exhausted? They really need a good rest. What's more, all tanks have also entered the maintenance process, and it takes more than ten hours to turn into wartime.
Second, from the moment Churchill decided to retreat, the British Expeditionary Force completely gave up the idea of relying on the French army as a cover, and Montgomery and Alexander * * * built a line of defense to cover the evacuation of troops. To put it bluntly, it is better to ask for help than to ask for help? At the critical moment of life and death, the British no longer believe in the ability of the French army.
As the Germans tightened the encirclement, the British troops in the circle also defended the German armored forces and built a large number of anti-tank trenches and anti-tank guns by taking advantage of the terrain. In particular, the British army is currently? Put it to death and be born? The country made the officers and men defend desperately, and the progress of the German army slowed down.
More importantly, the Royal Air Force was ordered to fully cover the evacuation of troops. Although they need to fight across the sea and wait for a short time, it still brings a lot of trouble to Goering's air force. German bombers often throw bombs in a panic under the interference of rival fighters, some throw them into the sea, some deviate from their targets, and the bombing fails to achieve the expected results.
Even if the bomb is dropped on the beach, most of the explosive force is absorbed by the soft sand. Even if there was an explosion around, it was just a splash of sand. At the beginning of the German bombing, we had never seen such a violent bombing of allied officers and soldiers in chaos. Later, they simply got down in the same place and continued to retreat in an orderly manner after the German bombers left.
This kind of aimless sporadic bombing has been going on. Accustomed to it, the allied officers and men gave up their guard and did what they should do. The soldiers lined up to board the ship even played beach volleyball, just like enjoying the weekend. In the first three days, 65,000 allied troops were safely evacuated to Britain.
Of course, the allies are more grateful? Jesus Christ. .
As the command of retreat spread to various units, more and more allies gathered on the shore of Dunkirk, while the Germans in the west and north stepped up their attacks, and the defensive circle was shrinking. There is little hope that the top allied forces will withdraw a large number of troops with their existing strength, but they are trying their best to save them, and the spirit of cooperation among various departments is unprecedented.
First of all, carefully choose the evacuation route. The shortest route from Dunkirk Port is only 2.5 hours, but it is within the range of German artillery fire; The other one is full of mines. The only one is1.20km long, with a journey of nearly 6 hours. Although it is relatively safe, the exposure time of the transport ship to German bombers has undoubtedly been extended a lot.
Secondly, in addition to using the only remaining pier, the beach has also been fully utilized. They pulled the boat with ropes and picked up the officers and men on the beach to board the ship. There are 50 soldiers on the shore, and each group is commanded by an officer and a sailor. Although German planes strafed in the sky, the team was not scattered and highly disciplined.
Maybe god has eyes. In the following days, it rained continuously over the Strait, with extremely low visibility and foggy weather. Although the sea is rough, there are few German bombers. Patronize? , allied use? Favorable weather? In order to speed up the transportation efficiency, a large number of civilian ships also joined the transportation ranks, and a total of1320,000 people were rescued in two days.
The bad weather prevented the German Air Force from bombing effectively for two days in a row, and the German head of state was very dissatisfied with the allied forces slipping away under his nose. He asked the ground troops to speed up the March and make up for the vacancy of the air force attack. The British Defence Force has been shrinking its defense line, with only 33 kilometers left in the defense circle, but it is still in the loyal opposition.
However, the phenomenon that the British army is much higher than the French army in the number of allied troops retreating makes the French very dissatisfied. Churchill made a special trip to Paris to attend the Allied Supreme Military Conference to explain. In his view, it is time to unite all forces that can be United. Even if France surrenders, its navy is the armed force that Britain strives for.
To this end, Churchill proposed? Walking arm in arm? Slogan, and said that the British and French armies retreated in the same number, and the British army served as a defender. That is to say, the three British divisions still in Dunkirk retreated with the French. However, when the weather improved and the Germans resumed bombing, the Allies had to change the evacuation time to night.
On June 4th, German tanks finally entered the devastated Dunkirk, but it was too late. Only thousands of British troops and 40,000 French troops who were responsible for the cover became prisoners of war. The British Admiralty immediately announced? Generator plan? It's done. Although the Allies have abandoned a lot of equipment, but? Stay in the green hills, not afraid of no firewood? .
If there were no two days when the Germans stopped attacking and two days when the weather was bad, the number of allied troops withdrawing to the British mainland would not exceed 65,438+10,000, or even lower. what do you think? Welcome to leave a message and discuss together.
References: World War II
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