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Livetweeting the 2nd World War, as it happens on this date & time in 1940, & for 6 years to come. Contact realtimewwii@gmail.com. See translations via Facebook
2,550 Posts by realtimewwii
2,550 Posts by realtimewwii
Dora: "[Soldier given heroin] lies still now, completely relaxed, lost in a dream world where the lotus-eaters smile & pain was never known"
"He's suffering acutely; morphine no help. Doctor says in a low voice, 'Give him heroin, Sister.' This is 1 patient who won't leave France."
Dora Clements, a nurse at Dunkirk: "I have 1 young man who is only partly in this world- a mortar has removed his leg." http://t.co/V3hUWAPX
Germany is announcing major increase in food rations, as food floods to Reich from its new vassal states in Scandinavia & the Low Countries.
French troops may now evacuate via Dunkirk- but beaches are in chaos. Some disorderly British are shooting French who try to board the boats
"Stepping over the bodies on the promenade we march down the slope to the beach. Dunkirk is a lurid study in red and black: flames, smoke."
From a British officer at Dunkirk: "The whole front is one long line of blazing buildings, a high wall of fire." http://t.co/7mZJcF1h
Boats range from paddle steamers to yachts, fishing vessels, car ferries. Crew- all volunteers- told: "We've no guarantee you'll come back"
A astonishing flotilla of small ships, volunteered from across UK, now heading out across the Channel towards Dunkirk
BBC - Archive - WWII: Dunkirk Evacuation - News | An appeal for boating skills
bbc.co.uk/archive/dunkirk/14312.shtml
Since last night, UK radio broadcasting appeal to owners & crew of ocean-going boats to volunteer (not told for what): http://t.co/KQsmRHuB
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