Silence Over Dunkerque (2011)
“The long lines of men trudging toward the city cursed the R.A.F. as the planes of the Luftwaffe moved majestically to their target, unimpeded and free. Far, far away the bombs fell. Already Sergeant Williams and his men could see thick columns of black smoke rising on the horizon ahead. It was the oil reservoirs of the seaport burning furiously, set in flames by the bombers’ steady aiming. As the planes droned overhead, a few men automatically rushed to the poplars beside the road, and flopped down. But the enemy passed over, seeking easier game.
Behind, somewhere in the rear, came explosions as British engineers blew bridges in the face of the advancing Panzers. Hungry, thirsty, dirty, and unshaven, the column moved along the narrow road, the meadows on both sides flooded. Somewhere, someone had opened the sluice gates of the ocean, and the North Sea was covering everything, flooding the low-lying fields, preventing an onrush of tanks except by the main highways. At each crossroads s...at a detachment of French with 75’s entrenched, waiting, watching the British troops move toward the sea.MoreLess
Behind, somewhere in the rear, came explosions as British engineers blew bridges in the face of the advancing Panzers. Hungry, thirsty, dirty, and unshaven, the column moved along the narrow road, the meadows on both sides flooded. Somewhere, someone had opened the sluice gates of the ocean, and the North Sea was covering everything, flooding the low-lying fields, preventing an onrush of tanks except by the main highways. At each crossroads s...at a detachment of French with 75’s entrenched, waiting, watching the British troops move toward the sea.MoreLess
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