On the night of the 4th/5th April 1943, three MGBs met four German armed trawlers off Dunkirk, sinking one of them. 27 Germans were killed, but 13 were picked out of the sea and taken prisoner.

World War One broke out on 28 July, 1914. Fifty years later, one of the German soldiers, Stefan Westmann, told the BBC about his experiences fighting in the conflict. World War One broke out on 28 ...