Operation Dynamo

Exodus on a massive scale 1940 under assail Three hundred thousand Fathers and sons Dunkirk evacuation From the Hun Armada Not seen for hundreds of years To save our hero's, relay their fears 1500 ships of many sorts Arrived on mass Naval escort British and French Beached and battered Quest to save Europe Defeated and shattered Queues of troops Line the sands Await their fate Strands of man Luftwaffe scream over head Drop their cargo, inevitable dead Explosions softened, by the Dunkirk sands Saved so many of the waiting strands Hail the sky, the RAF Contained the hun from machine gun strafe Their dedication in foggy skies The ultimate saving of many lives The aftermath of this unbelievable task And the dedication of this incredible ask Organisation on the grandest scale For in the future we will not fail To free Europe, another Armada will sail " Dedicated to the many men liberated from the beaches at Dunkirk, who returned to do, what only hero's can do " *,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,* http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-2.php