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Miracle Of Dunkirk Essay

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People would consider one week a short amount of time. For the people in Dunkirk, France between May 26, 1940 and June 4, 1940, where massive naval ships and civilians’ boats were used to evacuate soldiers from the port of Dunkirk it was more than short. The Miracle of Dunkirk was a short rush to evacuate soldiers from France, making it intense and quick. It is believed that Hitler had ordered his soldiers to halt, in a hope to still gain peace and treaty, while the British were confused, hoping for survival, so that they could recover and fight. Allowing the Ally party to evacuate from Dunkirk may have been one of the biggest mistakes Hitler ever made. Considering that Hitler could have impacted World War II greatly, by ruining all hope for …show more content…

Hitler gave orders for his army to, for a short amount of time, to halt before attacking Dunkirk. It was a huge mistake to let the Allies leave due to the fact that over ten times the amount of people expected to be evacuated, were evacuated. It was expected that only 30,000 soldiers would be able to evacuate, but estimated around 340,000 soldiers were evacuated being that “Between May 26 and June 4, 1940, some 340,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England”(Britannica). Hitler thought the Ally party only had massive naval ships, so he thought the number of soldiers they could evacuate was limited. Dunkirk and the BEF, British Expeditionary Force, were under completely new control, which could be seen as a trouble, because they may not be used to his orders. Although they were expected to struggle under new admiralty, the soldiers at Dunkirk ended up being rushed, but also very strong due to the urge to survive. Winston Churchill, a former Prime Minister, had just become the army officer, and he would be the one to command, seeing the one before him died. It was estimated that, since Churchill was just a

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