a very long time
SS Leopollville
The Rhine River ran far south from the English Channel, and without control of bridges, tanks and troops and their supplies could not cross.
The evacuation of 338.000 allied (mostly British) troops from the beaches at Dunkirk in late May/early June 1940.
To swim the English Channel, It would tak an estimated time of... **(450mins)*** - About 7 and a half hours!!! To swim the English Channel, It would tak an estimated time of...**(450mins)*** - About 7 and a half hours!!!
Loads.
the English Channel and the Western Approaches part of the Atlantic. At its narrowest point the English Channel is only 21 miles wide and is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
Brighton and then the English Channel and then France.
The English Channel.
It has different names, depending on which nationality is talking about it. To the English speaking world it is called the "English Channel". To the French it's "la Manche" because of it's shape - translated into English that means "the Sleeve".
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Susie Maroney, born in Cronulla in NSW in 1974, swam the English Channel in 1991. Susie was 17 when she made the fastest female two way English Channel Crossing, in the time of 17 h 14 mins.
Dunkirk .