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It's interesting that the British saved around 340k British and French in Dunkirk, the Germans lost 300k in Stalingrad (dead and captured).
by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
It's interesting that the British saved around 340k British and French in Dunkirk, the Germans lost 300k in Stalingrad (dead and captured).
- samdoidge 9y agoThey were saved from Dunkirk as the German army was ordered not to pursue.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoThere are many reasons why the soldiers could be saved and why the Germans did stop the panzers. The weather, the Belgians were fighting the Germans, the French were defending Dunkirk while the British could sneak away, the Luftwaffe did mainly bomb the harbor not the beaches, there were many heroic acts from many people, e.g. Commander Coulston, courageous civilians on ferries, Hitler still admired Britain and hoped for peace with the empire, tanks and people were under extreme stress for days, the Battle of Arras, the main drive and interest of Germany was Paris not Dunkirk - so they moved tanks and Ju87 towards Paris, the Germans - as many British - thought evacuation was not possible, Goering thought he could prevent evacuation with the Luftwaffe, and many more.
- samdoidge 9y agoMost of these are of little importance. The German army had swept through France with ease. They could have finished off the British forces, as the generals wanted to - Hitler's intervention is the key reason in my view.