Nov 12 1939 King George VI in France Meeting With Generals Press Release Photo

Description

This is a nice, original, and quite scarce photo of King George VI meeting his Generals in France. Neville Chamberlain is also present at bottom of photo. This was during the "Phony War" period of World War II, the eight months after Britain and France had officially declared war on Germany but did not engage in serious military land operations. Six months after this photo was taken, Chamberlain was to step down as Prime minister. On the same day the Germans began their surprise attack in the Ardennes forest, and France fell in six weeks. Of the 425,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force, 66,000 were lost as well as all of their heavy equipment and much of their light weaponry. I
n Operation Dynamo
368,000 British soldiers (558,000 people total) were evacuated from Dunkirk t
hanks in no small part to the heroism of the French rearguard and British civilian watercraft. This miraculous event saved Britain from certain defeat and allowed the Allies to "fight the enemy on another day."
Measures 8" x 6"
There is some mild feather creasing, photo is sharp.
Tiny remnants of black mounting paper on back corners.
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