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Why did Hitler not send his army to destroy the British army at Dunkirk?
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∙ 13y ago
Hitler was worried that the tanks where going to fast for the troops and stoped so they could cach up
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What was the battle of Dunkirk seen as a mistake on Hitler's part?
It's generally felt that Hitler erred in stopping short of Dunkirk, thereby allowing the British army to escape (albeit leaving all their heavy equipment behind).
What did the British army lose in Dunkirk?
because it was full of asians
Name the british army was given at the battle of Dunkirk?
BEF The british Expeditionary Force
Why did Germany want to capture Dunkirk?
They didn't really want to capture Dunkirk. What they wanted to do was to destroy the allied army which went into Belgium to stop the German invasion through the low counties (i.e. Belgium Holland and Luxembourg). Having the Allied army go into Belgium was a part of the German plan to encircle the allied army (which they did around the town of Dunkirk) and then destroy the army before the allied evacuated its army to England by sea.
When did the British Army evacuate from Dunkirk?
Codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, the Dunkirk evacuation took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940,
What are facts about why Germany lost the Dunkirk?
The Germans did not lose at Dunkirk. Quite the opposite. Dunkirk was a mass retreat by the British army who had been overwhelmed in Europe by the Germans.
Why did Hitler decide not to destroy the British Army at Dunkirk?
This is one of the most widely debated situations in World War II. Historians knew that Hitler was nervous about risking his tank forces, and he wanted to wait until more infantry arrived. There is also some evidence that the Luftwaffe alone would obliterate the trapped soldiers. Hitler might also have wanted to halt the invasion so that Britain would accept surrender more easily if Hitler didn't humiliate Britain by destroying her army.
What french town were all British ships sent to rescue its army?
Dunkirk
In World War 2 where was the British army trapped and then escaped by sea?
Dunkirk
How did Dunkirk lead to the battle of Britain?
Because the evacuation from Dunkirk saved 338,226 soldiers [British & French]. While equipment could be replaced men could not. Although a massive amount of equipment was lost, Dunkirk was probably Hitler's greatest mistake next to attacking Russia because if he had pressed home his attack he would have as good as wiped-out the army and destroyed morale. The saving of so many soldiers, against all the odds, gave a massive boost to morale in Britain - a boost that was never to be lowered, even during the blitz.
What was the effect of the allies stranded at Dunkirk?
The British Expeditionary Force escaped from Dunkirk to avoid destruction and/or capture by German armed forces . The BEF reformed as the core of a reconstituted and resurgent British army that later fought with distinction on the European mainland (and elsewhere) .
British soldiers had to be rescued from the beach?
In the summer of 1940, 338000 British and French troops were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in Northern France after having been thoroughly beaten by superior German Forces. It was one of the worst defeats the British Army has ever suffered but propaganda at the time made it sound like a victory. There is no doubt that the logistics of the evacuation were nothing short of a miracle.
