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Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian I’m sure he would want to be called a ‘hero’ but my Gt Uncle Edward ‘Jack’ Woodhead was in our eyes. Awarded the DSM as Coxswain of HMS Gulzar he rescued under gunfire the last British troops from Calais in 1940. Days later rescuing 500 from Dunkirk.

5.30PM Massive wave of German planes dropping first of their bombs- targeting the dockyards & warehouses of East London.

This popped up in our memories from 1 year ago, over on another platform (private account).

This a delightful, small museum. We sadly missed out on this experience on our visit, but give them a visit!!

Just watching Defending Europe. We doff our cap for actually bothering to go a decent Maginot site and not the usual ones !!

German Panzer I, II, III and IV. #WW2 #HISTORY

#northernlights over our #hq

Given the rush of activity elsewhere, we are wondering who will be the one left to switch off the lights here?

Dropped into someone elses #museum #Cambridge

And there ends the 2024 boating season!

#Newitem arriving soon for the#museum. Found on the site of the former #Luftwaffe #fighter #base of #Audembert. This is a bar to 'tie down' the wings of an #Me109whilst parked up. This was don to ensure the #aircraft remained grounded in the event of strong winds.

Decided to embrace this festive season.

Found these on a charity stall at our local Christmas market. Would have been rude not to bring them home! Jigsaw pieces purely for scale, in lieu of a London Bus.

An #Interesting #propaganda #poster from 1940. It demonstrates, and reinforces the wider narrative of the time, how #Alsace was viewed by the Germans.

Our #Springclean is underway! Looking forward to #welcoming#visitors again at #Easter Email us directly info@dunkirk1940 to arrange a private tour) #museum #dunkirk

#onthisday 20 January 1921 – The British K-class submarine HMS K5 en route to a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die. The submarine was commanded by an experienced officer, Lieutenant Commander John A Gaimes, DSO, RN, but had a new

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