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Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast.

I'm Angus Wallace.

In this episode I'm talking to Robert Fortig.

Robert is a prolific author and military historian.

His latest book, We March against England, Operation Sealine 1940-41,

is a fresh look at the German plans to invade Britain and what they might have faced.

Bob it's a great book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Let's get cracking.

At the start of June 1940, the evacuation via Dunkirk was over.

By the end of the month, France had fallen. What was the state of the British Army post-un Kirk.

You know, over 180,000 personnel were saved.

All the equipment was lost, which was about two-thirds of the tanks and much of the artillery. So when the ten divisions of the great

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