"Consider it for a moment: If ever force was trapped and doomed it was the BEF. at Dunkirk. The German Government announced it was trapped and the High Command concentrated the bulk of a vast bamb-Ing alr force in an effort to achieve this crowning victory. They realized that on the fate of the BEF. might depend the fate of Britain itself. But the combined action of the Royal Navy and RAF. succeeded in saving the entire BEE. and a major part associated with the French Army as If the German Army and Air Force together could not succeed in a supreme effort in their attack at a "Everywhere the Germans won not only superior numbers but also. by superior equipment, technique and strategy. Everywhere their opponents were forestalled, outwitted and sur~ prised and appeared to have no: Chance, These successes have created the claim of air invincibility © which thas been most. effectively exploited by, German propaganda.
tis claimed the war is already won and only a final coup de grace to Britain is awaited. There are many people either defeatist by tempera ent who don't look below the sur~ face of events and who have reluctantly come to accept the German view, regarding the chances of Britain in the light of what happened to France and other unfortunate coun-ries, think they make a profound mistake, The case of Britain is very different from that of other countries T don't wish to minimise the danger a German invasion of Britain and don't wish to say a word least likely to tend to relaxation of preparations. booing taken for defence of Britain. But to the faint-hearted 1 wish to point out two considerations that should be carefully borne in mind, "In the first place an army is not defeated by mopping up its minor Outlying units separated from the main force, Capture of those minor Units is a mere incident of no special importance to the main issue of battle find if anyone regards these minor setbacks as pointing to defeat of the main army he makes a mistake Variance with all military history.
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