Dunkirk
About Dunkirk
Dunkirk is a major port city in the department of Nord in northern France. It lies on the North Sea, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border. It has the third-largest French harbour. The population of the commune is about 86,000.
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It was a yacht. Then it got turned into a ship for the war and was used at Dunkirk to help evacuate soldiers. Then after the war, Onassis bought it again and turned it back into a yacht and then gave it to Grace Kelly as a wedding gift.
from 535: No Such Thing As An Inside-Out Dolphin, 2024-06-13 at 00:29:59 · read transcript
Other times Dunkirk came up
That's amazing. Yeah. Just on that, there was a thing in the, I think it was the Second World War, where shortly after the horrible defeat at Dunkirk and things were looking really, really bad for Britain, I think it was about this time. There was a sort of offer from Germany, an offer of a negotiated settlement. The BBC newsreader who was announcing the terms of this said, well, obviously we're not going to accept that way before anyone in government revives.
95: No Such Thing As A Millipede Embassy, 2016-01-08 · listen
What you said, Dan, about how he thought the speeches were a hugely important part of the war effort and morale and this kind of stuff. I was reading about the reaction to one of his most famous other speeches, the Dunkirk one. Just after the British army had been kicked out of France by the Nazis, the speech, We Shall Fight On The Beaches and in all the other locations at the first draft had it.
156: No Such Thing As A Limited Edition, 2017-03-18 · listen
One day, you too could defeat fascism. What you said, Dan, about how he thought the speeches were a hugely important part of the war effort and morale and this kind of stuff. I was reading about the reaction to one of his most famous other speeches, the Dunkirk one. Just after the British Army had been kicked. out of France by the Nazis. The speech, we shall fight on the beaches, and in all the other locations, at the first draft had it.
No Such Thing As A Limited Edition, 2017-03-17 · listen
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