On August 25, 1941, the Germans captured Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands one after another. The Anglo-French forces in Belgium and France failed to hold back the German army. Under the German offensive, the French ** lost their fighting spirit. In order to preserve its strength, Britain planned to withdraw its troops from France. During this period, Churchill replaced Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Churchill opposed negotiations with Germany, saying that he would "strive for victory at all costs".

On August 20, 1941, Churchill suggested that "as a precautionary measure, the Admiralty should prepare a large number of small boats capable of going to French ports". After that, the situation continued to deteriorate, and "on May 25, all lines of communication were completely cut off, and our weak counteroffensive was repulsed...... All our hopes of fleeing to the south were dashed" (Churchill's recollections), and all that was left was the sea route. On the 26th, the British Admiralty officially ordered the implementation of Operation "Dynamo", ordering the troops to gather at the port of Dunkirk in northeastern France, where they crossed the English Channel and withdrew to Britain.

On 26 August, the German general Rundstead suggested to Hitler that "the Panzer Corps had advanced so far, so fast, and so weakened that they needed to be stopped and redeployed in order to deliver the final blow to the enemy." Halder, the former chief of staff of the German Army, also said that Hitler was "worried about these armored forces, because they would have to take great risks and not gain anything great by entering a canal-crisscrossed disadvantaged area," believing that air power alone could prevent a large-scale retreat of the British and French forces by sea.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the Dunkirk retreat, the Anglo-French forces that blocked the German army on the periphery paid a lot of sacrifices

An infantry brigade and a tank battalion of the British army were ordered to assist the French garrison, and they were strictly forbidden to retreat. Afterwards, the British spoke highly of their merits, "In these four days of life and death, the garrison fought desperately and pinned down at least two armored divisions of the German army, otherwise the road for the British army to retreat to the sea might be cut off." The German Panzer Division swept like a long sickle and was invincible, but it stumbled in Calais...... "This battle bought time for the great retreat."

In order to buy time for the main force of the British and French forces to retreat, the British infantry brigade and tank battalion were finally surrounded by the Germans, and the fierce fighting was fierce.

The commander of the French First Army, Bourchar, refused to retreat, and his five divisions put up a heroic resistance in Lille and secured Dunkirk. All of these French troops were later captured by the Germans. In the western and southwestern areas of Dunkirk, the French 16th Army Corps, led by Fagard, was responsible for the defense. At the end of the retreat, Fagard and his more than 40,000 men were captured. As Churchill later said, "Let us remember: if there is no Dunkirk rearguard to hold on to the fight." We will suffer a great setback in our work in Britain to rebuild an army to defend our homeland and to fight for final victory."

The memoirs written by Führer Churchill in the Japanese plane of that year, and I still remember the battles of that year, which were tragic...

In order to cooperate with the smooth retreat of the coalition forces and not to be surrounded by the German army, Churchill once again mobilized other small countries to organize 300 joint air forces, 100 planes of the fourth air service group of the Royal Air Force, and the planes set off from the British mainland to attack German bombers and fighters, and more than 300 combined air forces were sunk by the Chinese and German air forces, and the Chinese and German air forces lost a total of 50 planes, and 150 planes of the British Royal Air Force escaped and withdrew from the battle。。。。。

However, the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force stranded on the beach could only feel that they were bombed by German planes, and it was difficult to see their own planes fighting to the death against the Luftwaffe from miles away or above the clouds, so they were extremely dissatisfied with the British Air Force for a time.

Churchill was also helpless about this: "There was even a strong anger in the Army against the Air Force because of the lack of understanding of the situation, and some units insulted people in Air Force uniforms when they landed at the ports of Dover or Thames. They were supposed to shake hands with the Air Force, but how could they know that? In parliament, he had no choice but to "do everything possible to explain this fact" to everyone, stressing that "this victory was won by the Air Force" in Dunkirk.

The French were informed of the withdrawal plan only when Operation "Dynamo" was about to begin.

Although Churchill had ordered that "the French army should be evacuated from Dunkirk with us as much as possible" and "the French army should not rely solely on its own means of shipping", in practice, it was still the British army that was given priority in retreating, and French soldiers were often refused to carry it. By 30 August, only 6,000 French troops had been included of the 120,000 allied troops withdrawn to Britain.

In addition to the destroyers, minelayers and other warships of the British Navy, the British people spontaneously provided 400 boats, including yachts, steamboats, tugboats, lifeboats, and fishing boats. People from all walks of life, including fishermen, dock workers, car drivers, and speedboaters, took part in the retreat. In the midst of a hail of bullets, they saved a large number of coalition soldiers who had gathered in Dunkirk. During the operation, 125 civilians were killed.

Small boats came and went between the shore and the big ships, and they stopped at the beach to meet the soldiers, and carried away those who were wading and boarding, and rescued those who had fallen into the water, completely ignoring the enemy's bombardment, though often at the expense of them. But the numerical superiority of the ships was enough to compensate for the losses caused by the air strikes. As far as the entire 'mosquito' fleet is concerned, they are unsinkable. He praised, "At a time when we were suffering defeats, the story of the battle on Dunkirk Beach reached the ears of our united and invincible people of the island." This glorious act will be forever remembered in the annals of our history. ”

At 18:57 p.m. on 26 June, the British Admiralty ordered the commencement of Operation Dynamo, and the situation was even more sinister than it had been planned, with only Dunkirk being available for use of the three French ports to be used, and Buren and Calais occupied by the Germans on the 23rd and 27th respectively.

The only way for the 300,000 British and French troops to survive is Dunkirk and its nearby 40 kilometers of coastline, Dunkirk is a historic ancient castle, since the 9th century AD has been an important port in northern France, in 1939 in terms of throughput as the third largest port in France, with 7 deep-water berths for large ships to berth, 4 dry docks and 8 kilometers of wharf, the port channel has been dredged, large ships can enter and exit freely, perfect breakwaters and convex piers can effectively withstand the wind and waves of the English Channel, If these port facilities had been fully utilized, 300,000 Anglo-French troops could have safely boarded ships in just a few days with all their equipment, but for two weeks the area had been heavily bombed by the Germans, destroying all four docks, reducing the eight-kilometre-long wharf to rubble, and even half of Dunkirk being razed to the ground in air raids. The only thing that can also be used for ships to moor is only an east embankment less than 1200 meters long, and it is also built up by wooden piles and planks, which is very simple, the width can only be up to 8 people at the same time and side by side, only on the sea side there is a concrete pillar, with a lighthouse, there are some wooden piles around the embankment, and ships can also be moored in an emergency, but the current is rapid, and there is a certain danger when the ship is docked.

There are no port facilities or breakwaters along the nearby coastline, and there is a deep-water channel parallel to the shore not far from the coast, which is connected to the Dunkirk port area, but this channel is turbulent and full of reefs, making navigation quite dangerous.

There were three routes from Dunkirk to the UK, and the Z route had the shortest range of only 40 nautical miles, but it was under German artillery blockade and could not be used; The distance of the X route is slightly longer, 55 nautical miles, but the British army has laid out a number of ** areas on the route, which are difficult to clear and cannot be used in a short period of time; The only thing that could be used was the farthest route, the Y route, which was nearly 90 nautical miles away and took almost six hours to complete, and although there was no threat from German artillery fire, the danger of the air threat from German aircraft was greatly increased.

Ramsay assembled a lean command team of 16 men to organize the most complex and dangerous naval retreat in history, with Ramsay in charge of overall command and coordination, Rear Admiral Wackwall in command of navigation in the English Channel, Admiral William Tennant in charge of Dunkirk Harbour and beach boarding, and Lieutenant Commander Jack Krausstang in command of the most critical east embankment. Among them, Colonel Tennant specially cut the three letters SNO from the tin foil in the cigarette case and pasted them on the steel helmet to show that he was the highest naval officer responsible for directing the retreat, and he led 12 officers and 150 soldiers to lead the organization of a sea retreat of 300,000 people. - He was so well represented in this sea retreat that he was entrusted with the Normandy landings in 1944, when he had been promoted to rear admiral and was responsible for leading the construction of the most arduous artificial harbor and submarine oil pipeline project in preparation for the landing.

On the night of July 26, 1941, the first night of Operation Dynamo, the first batch of 1,312 men, mainly logistics units, left Dunkirk and returned to England thanks to naval efforts. As soon as the retreat began, there could be no more secrets, and the situation was urgent, the British Admiralty began to requisition ships along the coast and along the Thames, and even called on all those who owned ships to go to Dunkirk through the radio, and these shipowners knew very well what the withdrawal of the expeditionary force meant to Britain, so they actively responded to the Admiralty's call, barges, tugboats, cargo ships, passenger ferries, fishing boats, motorboats and even private yachts, all of which went to sea and sailed to Dunkirk. A total of 693 British ships and 168 French, Dutch and Belgian ships, a total of 861 ships of various kinds, joined the rescue process, mainly from six ports in the south of England, namely Hillness, Magat, Dover, New Haven, Folkestone and Ramsgout, and returned to England after receiving British and French officers and soldiers at Dunkirk.

On July 27, the 3rd and 2nd Air Forces of the Luftwaffe launched a large number of sorties to carry out a fierce bombardment of the port area and beaches of Dunkirk, dropping a total of 15,000 high-explosive ** and 30,000 ***, Dunkirk was almost razed to the ground, and the British Air Force took off 200 fighter jets from the mainland to cover the boarding points on the beach and the ships performing transport missions, although the British aircraft could not prevent the German aircraft from attacking Dunkirk, but they dealt a heavy blow to the German aircraft, and the German 2nd Air Force alone was shot down 23 planes, The air crew lost 64 dead and 7 wounded, and the losses exceeded the original 10 days combined! Therefore, this day was called "a day of disaster" by the German army. British aircraft lost 11 aircraft.

The British Navy also went all out, dispatching 1 cruiser, 8 destroyers, and 26 other ships to come, which was the first time since the beginning of the war that the British Navy used a warship to transport personnel.

Despite the best efforts of the British Navy and Air Force, due to the lack of small ships that could not quickly get people from the beach to large ships anchored offshore, the retreat was slow, with only 7,669 people withdrawn throughout the day.

That night, Nazi German naval submarines, ** boats, and minesweepers also flew out from the newly occupied ports of the Netherlands and Belgium in an attempt to attack the retreating British ships under the cover of night. Hitler also rescinded the order for the Panzer Corps to halt its advance, and the most feared Panzer Divisions of the Anglo-French forces were once again in battle.

On the ground, German Army infantry was taking advantage of the Belgian surrender to attack Dunkirk from the Belgian defense area. The Anglo-French forces saw that there were no troops to intercept, and Dunkirk was in danger! The British 3rd Infantry Division, under the command of division commander Montgomery, skillfully highlighted the German encirclement with excellent maneuvering - the whole division was divided into 600 military vehicles, and all military vehicles were coated with a layer of reflective paint on the reducers, illuminated by small lights hidden under the rear fenders, and the driver of the latter car used this light to follow the previous car, and the entire convoy turned off the headlights, implemented strict light control, and quietly withdrew in the night. In order to prevent accidents, Montgomery also set up traffic pickets at intersections and corners where it was easy to get lost, and directed the convoy to march - in this way, the 3rd Division marched 60 kilometers at night, successfully jumped out of the German encirclement, and rushed to the front of the German army in the early morning of the 28th, organized a strong defensive line, and effectively guaranteed the safety of Dunkirk. Montgomery also showed excellent military talent and began to emerge, and after retreating to Britain, he was promoted to commander of the 2nd Army, and began to show his skills in the war, becoming the most famous general of the British army in World War II.

On the morning of August 28, the Dunkirk area was full of fog, and the Luftwaffe, under Goering's strict orders, disregarded the influence of bad weather, dispatched two bomber groups, and after arriving in Dunkirk, they were finally forced to return with bombs due to poor visibility. The British army, on the other hand, took advantage of this opportunity to organize the retreat of the officers and men, and because the port was seriously damaged and the role of the beach was getting bigger and bigger, the officers and men went into groups of 50 people, each group was led by one officer and one sailor, and they went down from the beach in small groups, waded through the gradually deepening water, boarded small boats, and then took small boats to ferry to large ships far from the coast, and withdrew to Britain.

In the afternoon, the Germans continued to carry out disruptive air raids on Dunkirk in small formations of 3 to 5 aircraft in an attempt to disrupt the retreat of the British army. But the British soon found that the German air raids did little damage, most of the ** fell into the sea and open areas, and a few** even if the soldiers exploded near the assembly site, the soft sand could absorb most of the energy of the explosion, and even the explosion around them was just a shock, splashing mud and sand. Seeing this, the soldiers waiting for the retreat came out of their hiding places one after another, some played football and cricket on the beach, some bathed in the seawater, and some even leisurely played with sand sculptures, as if they did not care about the imminent death, which fully showed their contempt for the German army.

At night, there seem to be thousands of fireflies flying in the night sky on the beach – a spectacle of thousands of soldiers waiting to retreat smoking, the flashes of cigarette butts flickering brightly and dimly! Throughout the day, 17,804 people were evacuated, a full 10,000 more than the previous day, as civilian boats began to arrive and play a role in the public appeal.

On August 25, 1941, the British army learned from the experience of the past three days and took many measures to speed up the boarding, especially at the east embankment, in order to overcome the tide level difference of up to 4 to 5 meters, all the wooden planks and wooden beams that could be found, and even the wooden goalposts of the goal were used as temporary springboards, and the British army also sank trucks one after another on the beach as a temporary trestle extending into the sea.

In the afternoon, the weather began to clear, and the Luftwaffe launched a major attack, with a posture of making up for the losses of several days, the German planes carried out a concentrated attack on the target of large ships, sinking 3 destroyers and 21 ships, including 5 large ferries, and severely damaging 7 destroyers, forcing Ramsay to transfer the 8 most advanced destroyers participating in the retreat back to the mainland, so as to avoid the loss of these new warships and affect the future operation against the German invasion of the British mainland.

On land, a large number of French troops and French civilians retreated into the Dunkirk defensive circle, the roads were congested with all kinds of vehicles, the German offensive became more and more fierce, the area controlled by the British and French forces was shrinking day by day, and the German ground artillery fire had reached the beaches, east embankments and waterways.

Despite the heavy losses of the British army, the speed of the retreat was greatly increased by the large number of civilian ships that joined the retreat, reaching a record two thousand men per hour! A total of 47,310 people were evacuated throughout the day, the highest in several days.

On August 30, 1940, the Luftwaffe was unable to attack the Luftwaffe due to the very high humidity in the air, the fog almost enveloped the beach, and there was light rain from time to time, and the visibility was very low due to the smoke on the ground. The English Channel, which is known for its strong winds and rough seas, was unusually calm, so that a large number of small ships mobilized by the British, many of them inland waterways, were able to go to sea and reach Dunkirk to pick up the retreating officers and men. A total of 53,822 people were evacuated throughout the day, nearly half of whom were French troops.

On August 31 of the same year, the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Gott, was ordered to return to China, and he handed over command to Alexander, commander of the 1st Army, who had just burned his car outside Dunkirk, and he had arrived on his bicycle to take command.

Heavy fog still enveloped Dunkirk in the morning, and the Luftwaffe was still unable to attack, but the wind began to increase on the sea, making the makeshift trestle made of British military trucks unusable, but the retreat continued nervously.

In the afternoon, the weather cleared, the Luftwaffe dispatched nine bomber groups, and the British army also accurately predicted the weather changes, anticipating that the German planes would definitely attack in a big way, and did their best to send fighter planes to Dunkirk to ensure that there were always uninterrupted fighter patrol flights over the beach, and tried their best to cover the retreating troops and ships.

On the ground, the German offensive from the west and south was wave after wave, and the rearguard units of the British and French forces desperately held the defensive line, and the battle was extremely fierce. On this day, Captain Harold Owen Andrew was awarded the Victoria Cross, the only highest medal awarded by Britain in the Dunkirk retreat for heroic deeds, for his heroic performance, Andrew commanded his company, withstood ten hours of heavy artillery bombardment, repelled German charges again and again, always held the position, when there was a gap in the flank friendly troops, he took the initiative to lead 36 soldiers, rushed to support, repelled at least 500 German troops, In the end, when his troops ran out of ammunition and the core stronghold of the position they held was destroyed by German artillery fire, he took the only eight remaining officers and soldiers to trek 16,000 meters in the water as deep as his chin, returned to the rear position, and fought on the position without rest...... It was countless officers and soldiers like Andrew, with their fearless bravery and tenacity, who went forward one after another, fought to the death, and finally stopped the German offensive and won extremely valuable time. On this day, 68,014 people withdrew to the UK.

On September 1, 1941, the weather cleared, the Luftwaffe went all out, and the British Air Force went-for-tat and almost poured out all the planes it could, from Spitfires, Hurricanes, Dreadnoughts to Hudson bombers, biplane Swordfish** attack aircraft, and even

Even reconnaissance planes were put into Dunkirk, but the German fighters brilliantly intercepted the British planes and effectively covered the bombers' attacks, although the German planes were shot down 23, they sank 31 ships, including 4 destroyers full of officers and men, and also seriously damaged 11 ships, which was the heaviest day for the British army!

In such a fierce air battle, **, shells flying in all directions, Alexander, who has always been known for his composure and calmness, became more and more fearless, installed a canvas deck chair on the beach, sat on it calmly, calmly watched the troops board the ship in an orderly manner, or while nibbling on apples, while strolling on the beach, not caring about the roar of planes in the air and the flying of artillery on the ground, his calm and calm momentum greatly affected the mood of the troops, and an officer stood on the beach and carefully trimmed his beard, The orderly next to him also held a mirror for him; There was also a soldier who sat in the stern of the boat and fished leisurely, and the troops were full of contempt for the German bombing. Those troops who held their positions insisted on fighting, and some of the troops who were ordered to retreat and board the ship also fought back and retreated, and fought until the moment of boarding. Throughout the day, another 64,429 people were saved.

On 2 September, due to the great threat of German aircraft, and considering that the British Air Force had exhausted all its resources, in order to preserve enough air power to be used in the future war, the British army was forced to stop the daytime retreat and only use the night organization to carry out the retreat. As a result, the Luftwaffe lost its target and had to change its target and begin a massive air raid on Paris, with the attack on Dunkirk to be carried out mainly by ground forces.

As soon as night fell, a fleet of ships of all kinds set sail from England, and before midnight arrived at Dunkirk, where the last British expeditionary force boarded from the East Causeway. When the retreat was interrupted slightly, the sailors on the rescue ship went ashore to guide the retreat, and the sailors from the British destroyer "Malcolm" also blew the bagpipes characteristic of Scotland, and gathered the stragglers from the rubble in the burning city and brought the destroyers with them. That night, another 26,256 people were evacuated.

On the morning of 3 September, Alexander and Tennant toured the beach together, and were very satisfied with the complete withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force, and after nightfall they led their respective staff officers to withdraw to England as the last British troops to board the destroyers. The vast majority of the 26,175 men who withdrew to Britain that night were French.

At 9:40 a.m. on September 4, the armored units of the German 18th Army rushed into the city of Dunkirk, and about 40,000 French troops who were the last rearguard on the beach did not have time to evacuate and were all captured.

On the same day, 26,175 French officers and soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk, and the British destroyer "Bucari", which was loaded with French troops, was the last ship to evacuate Dunkirk. At 14:23 a.m., Ramsay announced the end of Operation Dynamo.

The retreat began on August 20, 1941 and ended on September 4, 1941, with a total of 338226 troops withdrawn from Dunkirk to Britain, including about 215,000 British troops, about 90,000 French troops, and about 33,000 Belgian troops. The United Kingdom, France, Belgium and the Netherlands used 861 ships at the same time, including small vessels such as fishing boats, passenger ferries, yachts and lifeboats. In just 10 days, this unprecedented "Dunkirk fleet" saved 340,000 troops from the death trap, saved a large number of living forces for the Allied counteroffensive in the future, and created a miracle in the history of World War II.

During the nine days from August 26, 1941 to September 4 of the same year, a total of 338226 men withdrew to Britain, including about 215,000 British troops, about 90,000 French troops, and about 33,000 Belgian troops. On the beaches of Dunkirk, the British and French forces discarded 1,200 artillery pieces, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 vehicles, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns, and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

During the retreat, more than 40,000 British and French troops were captured and more than 28,000 killed, some of whom were killed while resisting the German offensive and holding the vital defensive line, some were killed by German air raids and artillery fire while waiting to board ships on the beach, and some were killed at sea with ships sunk by the Germans.

The British mobilized a total of 861 ships of all types to retreat, and 226 British ships and 17 French ships were sunk by the Germans.

In order to cover the retreat, the British Air Force dispatched a total of 2,739 fighter sorties for air cover, an average of 300 sorties per day, effectively resisting the German air raids, the British lost 106 aircraft, and British fighters and ground anti-aircraft fire shot down about 140 German aircraft.

A luxury cruise ship named Lancastria, requisitioned as a retreating military transport ship, was sunk by German bombing, killing at least 3,500 British soldiers. This shipwreck killed more than the "Titanic". The United Kingdom** has been blocking information since then.

Li Ming's Central Flying Brigade cooperated with the Luftwaffe to blow up some of the retreating ships, and the other part of the Anglo-French-Belgian coalition forces drove out of here like ducks under several waves of bombardment, and let these troops go to the British to consume supplies like history! In later history, the capital of the British and French counteroffensive was these more than 300,000 troops.

After these days of fierce fighting, the coalition forces defeated the British and French forces, a large number of German tank divisions, armored divisions, SS, and Nazi troops began to enter the city of London, the first round of cleaning up the enemy army, the distribution of materials began, weapons Hitler did not look down on, and they were given to Li Ming, the major banks in London became Hitler's main assets, a large number of British police, and the French surrendered troops became the German Allied Army, the French Allied Army, and those who were unwilling to surrender were sent directly to the Nazi Judge Advocate General's Office and sent back to the European concentration camps。。。。。。

Li Ming obtained a large amount of arms in Europe this time. 1,200 British-made heavy guns, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 vehicles, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank guns, and 500,000 tons of military supplies.

The Hitler clique made dozens of truckloads of gold, silver, and a large number of banknotes in the Central Bank of London, the Bank of Paris, and the vaults, and quickly sent troops to occupy and control the banks, and by the way, they sold the goods and daily necessities to the British at a higher price, and the French made some profits, and the defeated country had a bit of a defeated country。。。。。

At that time, Dunkirk also came to a successful end。。。。。

Li Ming, who had been doing business in Berlin for the first time, had worked with Krupp in Germany during the reign of the Kaiser, the most famous family business in Germany, and is now a partner of Li Ming.

During World War II, with the continuous development of military technology, Krupp produced various types of modern and advanced weapons, such as multi-model tanks and various types of guns, which have a strong deterrent effect on the battlefield. Among them, the most effective in combat is the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, which is also the most famous artillery during World War II. Originally used as an anti-aircraft gun, it was later improved and adapted to the Tiger tank. He has made many good achievements in World War II.