How difficult was evacuation from Dunkirk?

Well I suppose any large evacuation of a large army by sea must be measured on the hypothetical scale of difficulty as being extremely difficult indeed. The circumstances of this evacuation were quite unprecedented and neither side could train or practice for this event. read more

The choice of evacuation at Dunkirk was thus not determined by the retreating armies but rather by the speed and the strategic thrust of the German Army ( one wonders why Hitler stopped the Panzers from complete annihilation of the retreating armies) .There was no planned evacuation, it was more of an ad hoc, impromptu type of a retreat. read more

Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26. read more

To exclude through oversight, as happened with “Dunkirk,” or through deliberate policy, as with the various immigration policies being instituted by our government, fails a key tenet of humanism: inclusion, which serves to strengthen us all. read more