The miracle of Dunkirk

摘要

There are few failures in history that have gone on to become great victories, but Dunkirk is one of those. The British Expeditionary Force had been forcibly evicted from France, along with around 100,000 French and other troops, who had left mainland Europe with little equipment, and much of what they had was lined up in ranks close to the sea, vandalised and in theory put beyond use.