Bitter Harvest of the French Pearl Harbour ; It's Amazing How, More Than 60 Years After the End of the War, the Stories of the Conflict Still Have the Capacity to Surprise Us. Channel 4's Excellently-Researched Documentary of the Dilemma Facing Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Summer of 1940 Is a Case in Point.

Western Morning News, The › May 27, 2009

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It's amazing how, more than 60 years after the end of the war, the stories of the conflict still have the capacity to surprise us. Channel 4's excellently-researched documentary of the dilemma facing Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the summer of 1940 is a case in point.

What was an unavoidable decision made in the heat of the war to Churchill was a betrayal to the French.

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Bitter Harvest of the French Pearl Harbour ; It's Amazing How, More Than 60 Years After the End of the War, the Stories of the Conflict Still Have the Capacity to Surprise Us. Channel 4's Excellently-Researched Documentary of the Dilemma Facing Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Summer of 1940 Is a Case in Point.

Churchill was facing a terrible dilemma. France had just surrendered, and Germany was poised to seize the en...

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