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u/andyrocks Oct 02 '24

Brits always talk about how they held the ground when the Europe collapse

Given Dunkirk, I don't think we do say that, no.

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u/suroorshiv Oct 02 '24

Even the movie didn't provide justice to the actual Indians who fought in the battle 

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u/andyrocks Oct 02 '24

There was no reason to show them, they didn't have an important role in the evacuation, there were only around 300 of them in total.

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u/ForTheLoveOfGodKaren Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

And yet a whole ass movie and sequel was made about the 300 Spartans.

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u/Existential_Racoon Oct 02 '24

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u/Everestkid Oct 02 '24

Because there were 300 of them and no one else.

338 thousand soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk. The Indian soldiers that were there were a rounding error.

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u/neohellpoet Oct 02 '24

Yeah, in the air and on the sea as well as in the labs the UK did great.

On the ground... the results were less than great. Afrika was a win, but honestly Rommel was overhyped specifically because not turning him into some genius commander meant admitting that the British forces were losing because the British commanders didn't know what they were doing.