Duration: 175 mins
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@ In May 1940 Britain came closer to losing the Second World War than at any other time. The army in France had been defeated and driven to the sea. For ten days the future of the country hung in the balance...
@@The audacious bid to rescue over 400,000 troops from the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) besieged on the beaches at Dunkirk must rank as one of the greatest maritime evacuations in history. When Hitler's forces burst through unexpectedly from Belgium, the BEF found themselves cut off and surrounded by a far superior German force. If Hitler had pressed home his advantage - or if Britain's new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, had listened to Lord Halifax and those who wanted to broker a peace with Germany - the war would have been over barely before it had begun. Instead, in the most spectacular rescue in military history, 338,000 men were brought out in the space of ten days.
@@This drama-documentary series (described by the Sunday Times as "...three hours of carnage, desperation, heroism and chaos") offers a unique perspective and a true understanding of the events of Operation Dynamo. True stories put in context by archive footage, maps and commentary, relive the incredible events through the eyes of the besieged forces, those sent to rescue them and those who were left behind.
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