British News No 1 - British Newsreel from June 1940

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    Brief Remarks / Statements
    A Super Regatta is a type of sailing or sailboat.
    The Battle of River Plate took place on 13th December 1939, It ended with the scuttling of the Admiral Graf Spee, a German Heavy Cruiser, in the River Plate estuary.
    A Tommy is slang for a British Soldier
    Jerry is a British slang term for Germans, especially used during WW1 and WW2.
    V.C stands for the Victoria Cross, the highest honour in the British military
    Lord Gort was quickly fired after the end of the Dunkirk Evacuations, he never had a front line command again for the rest of his life.