Lieutenant-Colonel John Churchill's Operation Archery

Within the copious weight of stories involving World War Two, the story of Lieutenant-Colonel John Churchill was whelved underneath and forgotten by most despite the acts of heroism and demagogic actions he committed. In the same year Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, Jack Churchill was born in 1906, in far off part of England. There, he discovered he was an excellent archer at a young age. Even going as far as participating in the world championships in Norway, leading him to sign up for the British Armed Forces in 1926, serving in a British colony over in India. With over three hundred thousand troops stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, the British initiated Operation Dynamo to try and help evacuate, however, German bombers thwarted the attempts and resulted as a loss on the American side. Despite the lack of information on Churchill, there are credible sources who say Churchill gave the signal to attack by shooting the enemy Feldwebel with a barbed arrow. Not even a year later, Britain's first large scale raid of the second world war, Operation Archery, was …show more content…
Rockets launched from landing craft provided cover, and the beach landings went relatively smoothly. It wasn’t until two days later that the Germans, with some Italian troops coerced into service, mounted a heavy counterattack on the beachhead where the British troops were forced into line fighting, however, the troops were not trained in that particular style of fighting so they suffered a lack of moral and withdrawn to discuss a battle plan. Churchill noticed the lack of moral instantly and after giving an awe-inspiring speech, led the charge against the German troops with a sword. In the end, Churchill and one other comrade took forty-two german prisoner at