Dunkirk
Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.
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S1 E3 • 3/3/2004
Deliverance
Dunkirk has become a siege town. While a large number of the army have been evacuated many tens of thousands still remain. Jimmy Langley is injured during fierce fighting trying to hold back the final German advance and taken to a casualty clearing station where Major Newman has been trying to evacuate his wounded patients. However no arrangements have been made for them and they are left behind to face the Germans who arrive on the same day as Churchill makes his famous speech vowing 'we will never surrender'.
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See all on TMDBThis is a docudrama that requires both an interest and prior detailed knowledge regarding this historic event. As a Strategic Planner by trade, I found the logistical actions primarily directed by Royal Navy staff officer, Captain Tennant, who on May 26th was dispatched on board the destroyer HMS Wolfhound to Dunkirk to aid in the evacuation of more than 330,000 British and French troops left stra…