The true story of the World War II evacuation portrayed in the
Christopher Nolan film Dunkirk, by the #1 New York
Times-bestselling author of Day of Infamy. In May 1940, the
remnants of the French and British armies, broken by Hitler's
blitzkrieg, retreated to Dunkirk. Hemmed in by overwhelming Nazi
strength, the 338,000 men gathered on the beach were all that stood
between Hitler and Western Europe. Crush them, and the path to
Paris and London was clear. Unable to retreat any farther, the
Allied soldiers set up defense positions and prayed for
deliverance. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered an evacuation
on May 26, expecting to save no more than a handful of his men. But
Britain would not let its soldiers down. Hundreds of fishing boats,
pleasure yachts, and commercial vessels streamed into the Channel
to back up the Royal Navy, and in a week nearly the entire army was
ferried safely back to England. Based on interviews with hundreds
of survivors and told by "a master narrator," The Miracle of
Dunkirk is a striking history of a week when the outcome of World
War II hung in the balance (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.).
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