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[#170348]
Written by: JungleBoy [03/11/11, 14:41] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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BBC Dig 1940 HDTV x264 AAC MVGroup 2010 To mark the 70th anniversary of 1940, presenter and archaeologist Jules Hudson goes on a journey of discovery into Britain's darkest and, in the words of Winston Churchill, 'finest hour'. 1. Battle of France and Dunkirk Jules and his team are in France digging up crashed German aircraft from the opening months of World War Two, accompanied by an RAF fighter pilot who saw action there in 1940. A Dunkirk veteran recounts the horrors of the evacuation, while Jules makes some revealing finds on the beaches of Dunkirk - poignant reminders of Britain's most perilous year. Featuring aviation archaeologists Steve Vizard and Gareth Jones; Peter Ayerst DFC, the last living pilot of the RAF's 73 Squadron, who were in France in 1940; and Richard Sampson, veteran of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation. BBC Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wt8ys  Technical Spec Video Codec: x264 CABAC Video Bitrate: CRF 20 (4100Kbps average) Video Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1 Video Resolution: 1280x720 Audio Codec: AAC-LC Audio Bitrate: 160 Kbps ABR 48KHz Audio Channels: 2 Run-Time: 59 mins Framerate: 25 FPS Number of Parts: 3 Part Size: 874 MB (average) Source: HDTV Subtitles: merged Encoded by: JungleBoy |
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[#170350]
Written by: WarrenBeatty [03/11/11, 16:30] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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"finest hour" - what bollocks. I can't stand the English crowing on about Dunkirk like it wasn't a complete disaster for them |
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[#170353]
Written by: Mobywatcher [03/11/11, 18:44] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Pipe down kid and go take some history lessons. The UK stopped Hitler by being one of the countries to stand up and say enough is enough, without the UK getting involved the whole of mainland Europe would've been German now. Now seeing as you are such a good tactician would you like to explain how you would've done it with the logistics and machinery available at the time, and remember hindsight is a wonderful thing. All those beaches were heavily fortified, any army would take big losses in those conditions, and remember US soldiers also died on those beaches as well. I'll sum it up for you, Hitler was defeated by a combo of the UK and foreign pockets of resistance, supply and man help from the US, and finally the Russian's with a dolop of bad weather thrown in for good measure, this is why Thatcher took the Falklands back asap, had she waited the weather would've made it impossible and the Arg would've been reinforced and well supplied by the time the window opened again, now sit back down and be grateful that many folks gave their lives so you can spout off on the web in this century. There is no crowing going on you imagine it, it was a bad time for all, and many fell, the finest hour solely for the UK was the RAF repelling the Luftwaffe in the early days of the war, outnumbered and outgunned and the UK didn't fall, the finest hour for all was when Berlin fell. |
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[#170354]
Written by: ninja121 [03/11/11, 18:44] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Get your facts straight... Their "finest hour" was the Battle of Britain several months later. And as for Dunkirk being a disaster if Churchill had not evacuated the BEF largely intact it is unlikely the Brits would have had the stomach to fight on alone until the self interest of the Americans finally brought them in... Such ignorance makes me despair for the state of schooling these days |
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[#170417]
Written by: WarrenBeatty [04/11/11, 19:20] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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I agree it was a fairly well staged withdrawal - but it was just that: a defeat and total rout of the English. Propaganda at the time flipped it into some sort of glorious victory. Only the Poms could be so self delusional |
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[#170468]
Written by: ninja121 [05/11/11, 10:52] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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Totally untrue... If you pick up a book (clearly going against your normal policy) you will almost universally hear the authors mention the "Fall of France". In case that is not clear enough for you... the FRENCH were defeated. Propaganda by the English did no such thing. They rightly recognized it as a disaster avoided not a glorious victory... I submit that you sir are the one who is deluded |
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[#170494]
Written by: Mobywatcher [05/11/11, 17:59] Action: [ Reply ] [ Quote ] |
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@ Warren I forgot to mention Aussie soldier's who fought in both WW1 & 2 for the Allies, so in the interest of history they also deserve a mention. What you must move on from is you seem to dislike British Establishment, guess what? so do we, they don't represent us the folks of the UK anymore, the last ten years proves that, and I for one do not wish to be tainted by their action's, however again many brave folks are in action and we do support them. As Ninja says France was defeated pretty early on, to get the expeditionary force back out alive a tactical retreat had to be made, that in itself was a fine move, and if you are Australian you should know that after the way the knobs wasted many of your countrymen at Galipoli during WW1. |
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