Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman (AP) SQN449B135AP. Dunkirk by Ivan Berryman. Between 24th may and 4th June 1940 an extraordinary armada of craft, large and small, naval and civilian, embarked on one of the greatest rescue missions in history. the evacuation of 330,000 British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in northern France. the destroyer HMS Wakeful dominates the foreground here as troops pour onto the beaches and harbour moles in search of salvation. Both Wakeful and distant
000 Austro-Hungarian troops are believed to have perished during the retreat across the Piave
115 and ordered to sail due east or be attacked
Nelson was fatally wounded by a sharpshooter stationed on the mizzen top of the French Redoutable which can be seen to the left of the painting
the mission would be so unexpected it would plant the first seeds of doubt into enemy minds
Arriving too late to take any meaningful part in the war
caught the message 100 miles off
Screaming Eagles in Normandy
Colonel on the Staff
Wessex Over the Copelands by David Pentland
On the evening of April 5th 1942
Hitler Jugend
HMS Valiant