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Guardsmen at Dover Station, 26–29 May 1940 — awaiting transport after the Dunkirk evacuation. A moment of calm amid the chaos of Operation Dynamo. Imperial War Museum / War Office Official Collection (H 1631)

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Goalhanger

11 Jun, 2025

WW2 Pod We Have Ways

51 mins

BEF (British Expeditionary Force)

Leadership

Blitzkrieg

Battle of France

Winston Churchill

Politics

British Army

1940

Dunkirk Evacuation

Wehrmacht

How many Allied soldiers were rescued at Dunkirk? What support did the RAF give to Operation Dynamo? In what ways did the weather help the evacuation from the mole at Dunkirk? Join James Holland and Al Murray for Part 4 of this Dunkirk series as they deep dive into the intense cabinet debates of Churchill, Chamberlain, and Halifax in May 1940 - the closest time Britain came to surrendering to Nazi Germany in WW2.

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James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

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Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on

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