With The BEF In Belgium (1940)

Full title reads: "With The BEF in Belgium".
VS Good shots of tanks, troops lorries and guns crossing the raised borders into Holland and Belgium. The units are made up of men from the French and British armies and they cross from France into the newly invaded formerly neutral countries of the lowlands watched by border officials and small groups of people.
VS Very good shots of refugees moving slowly along country roads leading from Belgium into France. They are mostly on foot however some travel on carts, in old vehicles and on the backs of old lorries, they are all carrying or pushing on hand carts as many of their belongings as they were able to carry.
VS Good shots of refugees moving right to left across en route from Belgium into France while British soldiers move along the same roads from left to right en route to the front.
VS of ruined and gutted buildings destroyed during German air raid, British and French troops in some shots as they move along roads in front of the ruins.
Shot of parts of shot down German plane - Swastika markings are clearly visible.
VS Good shots of refugees they include many children and nuns walking with dozens of children presumably from a convent or an orphanage.
GVs. of the men of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) and of the French army moving up towards the front in lorries and on foot.
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[@BarberJ95]

Often overlooked but the British armed forces failed just as spectacularly as the French did in the 1940 Fall of France, except the Brits had an island to fall back to lol. They just as fool hardily rushed into Belgium to meet the Wehrmacht. 😷

[@Dryhten1801]

Difference is Britain had 200,000 men, under French command. And France had 6 million.
Just as Spectacularly my arse.

[@apprentimermoud5162]

@@Dryhten1801 Non, il n'y avait que 1,9 millions de français sur la frontière allemande.

[@BFVK]

Brits rushed to Belgium because the french command ordered to do it.

[@timwebster8122]

Soon all these trucks and men will be on the beaches of Dunkirk

[@hygher]

Or in German Hands

[@timwebster8122]

@@hygher true. Read a fantastic article once about how the German army with a little help from Opal (part of GM). Refurbished all those lovely GM (Bedford) trucks and sent them off to Russia the next year

[@hygher]

@@timwebster8122 Yeah they also used Matildas in North Africa and German soldiers were supplied with British rations and Medical equipment

[@Charles-t7z]

The retreating BEF had to be rescued by civilians at Dunkirk. I can't imagine anything more embarrassing than that for a soldier.

[@graemewright596]

The first few minutes are at the N 512 border crossing at Estaimpuis/Wattrelos (Herseaux train station).

[@plumduff3303]

Something similar happened near the fish and chip shop in grimsby

[@user-se2xm5yp6u]

My Dad was there

[@emielp2736]

Regiment?

[@user-se2xm5yp6u]

@@emielp2736 RE s

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

1914 all over again ? No. Sadly, far, far worse this time around.