The "Little Ships" Celebrate Their 70th Anniversary…

Seventy years ago, on May 26th, 1940, the British authorities put out an urgent call to all owners of river and harbor ferries, private yachts and pleasure craft, etc., and all those competent to crew them. Their services were urgently required. The German Army's Blitzkrieg offensive had slashed through the Low Countries and France, and the survivors of the British Expeditionary Force had been cut off. They were retreating to Dunkirk, and were in urgent need of rescue. The next week would produce what's become popularly known as the 'Miracle of Dunkirk'; the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of British, French and allied servicemen in the face of the German onslaught.

Read the story of the "Little Boats"…