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 " 
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Devonshire Avatar
June 5, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Incredible write, James! I was not very familiar with this battle, but you surely brought it to life, along with the aftermath. Superb work from the Soup Historian! Love, Carolyn
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June 5, 2009 at 10:58 AM
"Operation Dynamo"............A brilliant poem, By my favourite poet...!!! your creations are always wonderful....... I learn alot by reading your work....As a teen poet, a struggling poet, Your work is indeed like a doctorine to me......great work! keep it Up! ....>>> Crystal
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