Rare photos taken by a German soldier of the devastated beaches of Dunkirk after the evacuation have been found 70 years on by the family of a British war veteran.
The pictures were taken a few hours after 330,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches by an armada of little ships having been defeated by the Nazis.
Dunkirk: Astonishing images from a German soldier's photo album
This image, taken just hours after 330,000 Allied soldiers were rescued, shows piles of rifles abandoned by the British Expeditionary Force on the Dunkirk beaches
French tanks lie abandoned on the road to
Dunkirk showing the chaos and confusion faced by retreating forces
Sunk and badly damaged shipping can be seen in this image from the harbour in Calais. The port was to suffer further devastation four years later during the Normandy landings
German soldiers examine a massive torpedo washed up on a beach in northern France. The image is one of 200 in the photo album
Scores of abandoned trucks and cars give a sense of the chaos faced by Allied troops as prepared to evacuate
On this occasion the soldier, known only as Richard, takes a photograph of Hitler just before he signs an autograph. The soldier wrote to his relatives: 'The family dream has come true. I could have touched him'
A wrecked British fighter plane lies mangled on the beach at Dunkirk
A German soldier poses in front of the wreckage of a beached ship as others move closer to inspect the damage
The remarkable album was later taken from a German house as a memento by British serviceman Corporal Frank Smith.Read more at www.dailymail.co.uk
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