Your 100 Word Challenge this week is to write 100 words exactly (no more, no less) based on the prompt:
…the little ships…
This is inspired by our work learning about the evacuation of Dunkirk, but you might want to interpret it differently! You could write a poem, a non chronological report, a diary entry – choice is yours!
100 Word Challenge – The Little Ships
11 comments
Little Ships
Soldiers surrounded, stuck where they are,
Their hometown, England was not that far,
Enemy pushed them away from land,
The soldiers were in trouble, for they had no plan,
Then an idea came to mind,
A warning to send all the boats they can find,
Ships of all shapes and sizes appeared,
They arrived quite quickly which shattered the fear,
Boats rescued the men from the beach,
Saving all the ones they could reach,
They took those men back to land,
It was nice to give them a helping hand,
That was Dunkirk, part of World War II!
The Little Ships
In May 1940
While World War II
Was still at our doors
British and French soldiers
Were stranded in Northern France
Hope was draining in each
Weak and wounded
Aid was needed
Little ships of England
Little motor boats
Little penny steamers
Picked up the country’s message
Danger, Danger there was
The legendary fleet of the little ships
Sailed across the English Channel
From Dover to Dunkirk
Wanted to be part of a rescue mission
Ten thousand men carried by sea
Boats sailing home with half as many men
More welcome than ever after all this time
Dunkirk
The evacuation of Dunkirk began on the 26th of May. The little ships are a fleet of ships from the south coast of England. This fleet sailed all the way to the beaches of Dunkirk in France. Once there these little ships carried soldiers all the way back to Britain. In just nine days, they had rescued 192,226 British soldiers and 139,000 French soldiers. Sadly, as they were rescuing the soldiers the German air force, the Luftwaffe, were bombing at the same time and around 200 little ships were lost. We commemorate them today on the 16\17 of May.
The Little Ships
The Germans pushed allied soldiers in to the Beaches of Dunkirt. They were so desperate that they needed to be evacuated. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill asked people with boats or ships to sail over to France. It was a dangerous and familiar job because ships were bombed by the Nazis. There were around 750 little ships and boats. They rescued about 380,000 soldiers including the french as well. The dictator of Germany said it was a victory. But he was wrong because our country rescued loads of soldiers in danger.
Dear Diary,
Me and my husband were told to take our boats across the English Channel to save soldiers. So now we have just pulled up at the Dunkirk beach. I just saw over 100 soldiers on a big ship, more than half of them were badly injured but they were all happy, waving and clapping at me. I can hear the Luftwaffe over my head and bombs going off constantly. This is so horrifying but it is something we need to do to save our country. Our men have now jumped into the freezing water to be safe.
Dear Diary,
I am about to go to Dunkirk with Pa. Honestly, however brave I look on the outside, I’m terrified on the inside. Ma says to look on the bright side and Mary agrees with her even though I know that she would love to go. She must think that I’m lucky, which is why she has been giving me dirty looks when Ma is not around. Older sisters are always like that. I’m going to help soldiers that have been stuck there, and the Germans have surrounded them. I am so scared of us getting shot down.
James
Dear Diary,
I am now in the middle of the Channel going to Dunkirk. There are apparently 850 boats that sailed from Ramsgate. Me and my pa have counted 7 yachts and 64 fisherman boats. But we have a a plain old boat that only has a motor that barely works. Mr Winston Churchill’s speech really encouraged me and my pa to go and save our men. This boat only holds 15 people so I have no idea how we are going to help much. There is more than 300,000 men on that beach! What if the Germans attack us??????
Dear Diary,
Pa and I have set off to Dunkirk for the 4th time. As I’m the oldest of 3, Ma said only I could go. I shrugged it off like it was no biggie, but inside I was glowing with happiness. I always wanted to help our country so we could defeat the Germans. Anyway, our sail to Dunkirk was not peaceful. I could hear the sound of bombs going of every other second. Even though I was really happy that I was being useful, a tiny bit of me was scared we were going to get shot down.
We are the sailors of the little ships,
For thy, the soldiers that are in Dunkirk,
We need to save them till not one is left,
If we don’t react immediately,
Our country will not succeed dynamo,
Our brave men will be sent to German camps,
The lüftwaffe shall not bomb our bold men,
We shall save our very stout hearted men,
If we dodge the bullets of the U ships,
We will save our courageous fighting men,
We will rescue our lionhearted men,
We shall never surrender the grim fight,
We shall save the men who wait in Dunkirk.
The little ships. The best sight of soldiers. Everyone in the 1940s would be happy at this point on the 5th of June 1940. Operation Dynamo was a great success and the flotilla was rescuing loads of men from the Mole. Winston Churchill was absolutely amazed with the fact that 300,000 men had survived and had came back home. After the escape, Winston Churchill made this speech. “The exaction was a great success and that is why we will never surrender.” Everyone was encouraged by the prime minster. Mr. Churchill was going to war cabinet and was discussing what’s the plan.
I can’t believe it! The little ships! They are here! I never thought this day would come and that the fact this is a amazing moment. We have been at Dunkirk for a very long time at this point and this moment is one of the best moments of my life. Me and my soldiers were fighting for the our victory and our country. We thank you for the help and we couldn’t have done without you. Germany is absolutely annoying and that the fact that you got boats to pick us up was absolutely amazing. Best moment for Britain.