Video: 'Will Britain Remain?! - WW2 - 041 - June 8 1940' (June 5, 1940, at 6:17)

(Wednesday, June 5, 1940, 4:00 a.m. Western European Summer Time; during the Battle of France, part of Western Front of the World War II) — The Germans began the second phase of the invasion of France, codenamed Fall Rot (Case Red), launching an offensive on a front of 120 miles from the Channel coast to Laonby across the Somme and Aisne rivers this morning with 130 divisions plus 10 Panzer divisions reequipped with fresh tanks. Continue reading Nazis attack French on a 120-mile front toward Paris 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 5 1940) →

Video: 'We Shall Fight On The Beaches'

(Tuesday, June 4, 1940, 3:40 p.m. British Summer Time; following the Dunkirk evacuation, part of Battle of France on the Western Front of World War II) — Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his moving and dramatic “We shall fight on the beaches” speech to the British House of Commons this afternoon, declaring that even if the motherland had to fight alone against the German military machine, the British fleet and empire would fight on to the bitter end. Continue reading ‘We shall fight on the beaches’ Churchill declares following ‘Miracle of Dunkirk’ 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 4 1940) →