Entertainment 05-12-2003 who: The BBC what: Accused of rewriting history over Dunkirk documentary where: Broadcasting House, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: Director Alex Holmes insists his new three-part series debunks the myth that the "little boats" were largely responsible for evacuating 300,000 British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Rejecting Mr Holmes` claim that their motivation was "financial", veteran Robert Pendleton tells The Times that “the fishermen helped us into the boat and the Stukas were divebombing us...they put their lives on the line every time they came back." [... more]

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