Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day 1 June 1940 (Watch)

Dan Snow gives us a day-by-day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII.

On June 1st 1940, 64,000 men manage to escape the Nazi army, even as their enemies closed in around them. However, the action comes at a great cost to the British, who lost four destroyers. Find out the whole story here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuXrDqyydWY

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