Dunkirk or Dunkirque, is in France. Infamously known for Dunkirk evacuation, this small town went from a peaceful settlement into a brave town of soldiers. In 1940, from May 26 to June 4, Allie soldiers were exposed to what could have been one of the worse massacres in history. In a span of ten days, sailors, fishermen, or anybody with a boat, saved 350,000 British, French, and Belgium soldiers from Dunkirk. The evacuation was very successful. For every eight men on the Dunkirk port, seven of them were rescued. The unfortunate ones became prisoners of war to Germany.
In 1940, during the beginning of World War II, France was becoming progressively weaker. The Allies were losing the war, so Great Britain wanted to pull their troops out.
postwar damage and the Versailles Treaty. Along with those factors, the humiliation of losing did
The reason for these acts stemmed from ongoing wars between England and France. Most notably, the French and Indian War took place in North America from 1756 to 1763. Britain won and effectively pushed France out of North America. This war sparked a division between the colonists and England for several reasons.
Britain continuously roared for war since the early 1600s. Since the dominance of the land ownership was on the Britain’s part they were continuously moving into Frances territory. And they weren’t looking to stop expansion any time soon. The Conflict arose when France decided to expand. And Britain
A. Because of the fighting, France’s economy was nearly bankrupt. France wanted to cut back on the fur trade in New France.
“D-Day”, is considered one of the most significant battles of World War ll. D-Day is also known as the “Battle of Normandy”, or, “Operation Overlord”. The Battle of Normandy began in June 1944, and ended around August 1944. By the end of the war around August 1944, all of France had been cleared of Nazi forces. D-Day is considered a huge factor with the end of World War II and the Nazi Party due them having to push out of France and back into their initial land of Germany. Later on as the Nazi Party was pushed back into Germany, more allied forces collaborated to officially wipe out the Nazi Party in Germany. D-Day was initialized as it was approved by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the approval of the general, troops landed on the French coasts to neutralize the Nazi Party and to recover the land.
Clemenceau: Since our Alsace-Lorraine area was forced to cede to Germany during Franco–Prussian War, the nationalism ideological trend took control of the whole France, and then effects its government since France is a democracy state ruled by elected officers like me. Based on the purpose of avenge, France started engage in arms expansion. At 1905, The Morocco Crisis sharpened the conflict between Germany and France based on the colony issues. Since that, France started expand its armed force on a fast speed. At 1914, the tonnage of France navy already become the third in European
The first consequence created by the fall of France in 1940, was the disintegration of the Anglo-French relationship. England along with the rest of Europe believed that France would be able to stand German invasion. However, this was not the case and France fell in six weeks. This caused tensions between France and England which led to the collapse of their alliance in 1940 because there was “bitter mutual recrimination about French ineptitude and British treachery…”
In “The Face of Battle,” John Keegan analyzed the experiences of the individuals involved in the battles of the Somme and Waterloo; he thoroughly examined the advancements of industrialization in warfare and battle strategy between 1815 and 1916. The industrialization of modern warfare during the battle of the Somme, while progressive, was very much still in its experimental stages. While the inventions during this time period were later evolved into much more useful products, it seems as though the organized warfare in Waterloo was much more effective; the soldier’s mediocre training for the Somme was obvious in the chaotic events that occurred. While each battle was disastrous in their own ways, industrialization certainly improved means of warfare and the experience that the soldiers had.
There has been contention between Britain and France for thousands of years. During the 1700’s this came to a head as Britain and its’ North American colonies tried to expand in size and trade. This could not be done without intruding on French land. This caused France to take an offensive position alongside their Indian allies against their biggest rival. Britain and its colonies persisted forward resulting in The Seven Years’ War or, as some call it, The French and Indian War. The Seven Years’ War was caused by Britain’s need for expansion and resulted in devastating debt, the humiliation of the French, and soured relations between the British and its colonies ultimately leading to the American Revolution.
From the time the Treaty of Versailles was completely ignored by Hitler, Germany was well underway causing a large riff between themselves and Britain and France.
The Battle of Dunkirk happened in Northern France between May 26 and June 4 1940 and was a major battle of the Second World War which occurred between 1939-1945. The Second World War was very different to the first with rapid movement covering huge amounts of land in very little time. This was due to the German Army’s speed which used “Blitzkrieg” or “Lightning war” tactics.
On June 14th, 1940 the Germans occupied Paris, France, and three days later Philippe Pétain, a French WWI hero, assumed power from the current prime minister and
The treaty of Versailles was a very important factor for the break out of war. The treaty took away land from Germany and gave it to Poland, France and Britain. This land included the colonies that Germany had in Africa that was given to France and Britain. It made Germany pay huge reparations that left them in a crisis, and Germany was already in a crisis due to the war which made the germans felt it would stop them from recovering. There were a lot of unemployment and whole families suffered from
When I found out that the latest project from director/writer Christopher Nolan titled Dunkirk was only 107 minutes, I was stunned. Usually, his films are about 30 minutes short of hostage situations. It’s a bit odd how he chose his first two-hour film in 15 years to be about the Dunkirk evacuation. For you history buffs out there, Battle of Dunkirk took place in WWII in 1940, the Allied forces of Europe fighting Nazi Germany finds themselves overrun in France and desperately seeking escape. The problem is, the Germany forces are wreaking havoc on the British Forces ships with precision air strikes and escape seems to be downright impossible without the help of civilian’s boats and some very crafty fighter pilots.
After WWI, a resistance movement known as Free France was organized in Britain under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle. Allied and Free French forces liberated France in 1944. Parliamentary democracy was restored to France under the Fourth Republic. Another costly war against