Yes, the British war campaign was a fuckup before it even started, but the evacuation was something to be proud of. Every civilian on the other side of the channel who owned as much as a stick that floats made their way across it in decidedly unfriendly conditions in order to retrieve the stranded troops. As a result 90% of the trapped forces - basically 90% of the entire British army at the time - made it back home to fight another day because of the determination of ordinary English people to never say die, never give up, to risk their lives in order to salvage those whose lives were at risk because of the crass government failures in the years leading up to the war.Scot Dutchy wrote:Dunkirk was nothing to be proud of and why make a film about it. I bet it does mention the mess that happened before the retreat. The British Army really fucked things up. It should never had happened.
Dunkirk was an utter defeat of the British defence forces and an illustration of the British government's massive political failures. Nothing to be proud of whatsoever, but I regard the rescue of 90% of the British army by the coastal dwellers of England from pretty much certain death or imprisonment as snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Looking at the war in the long run, the evacuation saved Great Britain from being invaded. The Battle of Britain would have been lost without it. The indomitability of the John and Mary Joneses back then is something to be proud about even now. I certainly would be, were I British. Being German born I'll make do with admiring it.
