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They were flying aerial recon missions up to the point they lost the forward airfields in France.
by Aloha 7y ago
They were flying aerial recon missions up to the point they lost the forward airfields in France.
- caseysoftware 7y agoAnd like most retreating forces, they likely had leave-behinds and friendly locals reporting in. Since locals wouldn't be able to get close, "it sounded like a bunch of tanks!" and "it looked like some tanks!" would have worked pretty well.
- rjsw 7y agoThe tanks were in southern England, there were no "friendly locals" to report anything to Germany.