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may 19, 1940 - General John Gort

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General John Gort, commander of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had begun to weigh the possibility of evacuating his entire force by sea in order to save them from certain annihilation by the approaching Nazi troops

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may 19, 1940
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~ 85 years ago

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