Talk:British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

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Casualties of the BEF

According to the article, "although constituting only a tenth of the defending Allied force it sustained heavy losses" - but there is no figure given. From the information I have the ratio of casualties between French and British Armies is 100 for 1, 120,000 KIA vs 1,200 KIA. In that situation, what do the 'heavy losses' mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Potemkine (talk • contribs) 16:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It means that for their size the BEF did more than their share of the actual fighting. Many of the other armies' men just packed-up and went home to their families when things got rough. Morale was a severe problem especially in the Belgian and French conscript armies, and many of their troops when they saw how bad the situation was just deserted and went home. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.76.205 (talk) 22:04, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Montgomery

I removed this quoted rant from Montomerys memoirs, because it adds nothing to the BEF article and give an unbalanced and onesided assessment of Gorts performance, especially when other secondary sources give a more balanced view of his commandership. StoneProphet (talk) 05:57, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The "Second BEF" and the campaign after Dunkirk

Not mentioned at all (apart from "see also Operation Ariel"). Something ought to be done. Alansplodge (talk) 19:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

as well as already containing this text ?

"The short lived second Expeditionary Force commanded by General Alan Brooke was evacuated from Western France during Operation Ariel."

Chaosdruid (talk) 04:24, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Occupations

What about Iceland (1940-41) and the Faroes (1940-46)? 84.2.183.128 (talk) 22:24, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]