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Dunkirk all over again?

8th April 1941: Once again a German outflanking manoeuvre leaves the British Army exposed and struggling to fall back in good order

Apr 08, 2026
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The Panzers were now rolling into Greece, and the British Army had little to stop them. Panzers IVs, now becoming the main Wehrmacht tank, in Greece, undated.

Less than a year earlier, the British Army had gone forward confidently to take up positions in Belgium, to face Hitler’s invasion across the Low Countries into France. They had been dramatically o…

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