Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day – 31 May 1940 (Watch)

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

31 May 1940 is the most successful day of the evacuation yet with 68,000 men rescued. This incredible achievement means that the Commander-in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Lord Gort is also evacuated and command is handed over to a more junior general. Find out what happens…

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

 

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