Before there was Normandy, there was Dunkirk, a sort of D-Day in reverse. It was drawing to a close 64 years ago today. The BEF (British Expeditionary Force) had been chased out of Belgium without any chocolate, and found itself squished up against the French coastline. It took every remotely sea worthy bath tub in the south of England to evacuate some 338,000 troops over nine days, leaving no time to stock up on booze at the duty free shop. Operation Dynamo turned a potentail Allied disaster in to a mere humiliating retreat, and left the French alone to make friends with their new German landlords.

Two years later, on the other side of the world, the Japanese aviation industry suffered a major setback after losing 322 aircraft at the Battle of Midway. Admirals Chester Nimitz and Raymond Spruance out-foxed and out-fought Admiral Nagumo who had earlier commanded the fleet that attacked Pearl Harbor. Instead of the intended death-blow to the U.S. Pacific Fleet he received a major kick in the nuts, and probably had to chop his own head off or something.

Did you know that rugby may be played on grass, sand, clay, aritifical grass or snow, so long as the underlying surface is safe to play on? "It shall not be played on a permanently hard surface such as concrete or asphalt". Whew, glad I knew that. Click here for all you wanted to know about the laws of rugby, but were afraid to ask. Careful though, we might ask you to ref. a B Game.

Want a cool, free game to play on your computer? Check this out. Commissioned by the army as a recruitment tool, it's supposed to make you want to join up. It just makes me want to stay indoors and play video games. Warning, this game carries a high risk of turning you in to a spastic gamer nerd. Huuah!