Execute the Supreme Commander's order: Victory Great Escape

Defending the fruits of victory is a top priority. For this, it is necessary to implement the Évacuation de Dunkerque by the JC family (Dunkirk evacuation, liquidating stocks in the area of the secondary high point).

The Battle of Dunkirk, also known as the Dunkirk evacuation, was a strategic retreat carried out on the European continent during World War II. After the German army collapsed the French Maginot Line, surrounding the British and French allies, the allies retreated to Dunkirk (a port in northern France near Belgium). To avoid being surrounded by the German army, they carried out the largest retreat operation at the time, known as 'Operation Dynamo.' During the retreat, the French delayed the German advance in the Siege of Lille, saving at least over 0.1 million soldiers, who valiantly defended the outskirts of Dunkirk. Ultimately, Britain mobilized various sizes of boats to evacuate most soldiers from the European continent. Meanwhile, the French troops remaining on the continent continued to resist, but could not prevent the German occupation of Paris on June 14. France eventually signed an armistice with Germany on June 22.

In the early morning of September 1, 1939, Germany launched the Battle of Poland. On September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany, but Britain remained inactive, and the French mainly stayed behind the Maginot Line. Apart from the Saar Offensive and some naval conflicts, they did not actively send troops to support Poland. On September 27, the German army occupied Warsaw, leading to the fall of Poland. At this time, only condemnations were made by Britain and France. By April 1940, after the German occupation of Denmark and invasion of Norway, British and French forces took action to assist Norway, but Germany ultimately succeeded in occupying Norway.

In the early morning of May 10, 1940, under the guidance of 136 divisions and over 3,000 tanks, the German army bypassed the Maginot Line. With two army groups A and B, they attacked Western European countries like Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Luxembourg. The main attack by the German army was led by the powerful armored divisions of the left wing A army group, advancing through the rugged Ardennes forest - an area once considered impassable for tanks, and catching the British and French Allied forces off guard as they advanced towards Belgium. In just over ten days, German armored units traversed northern France and reached the shores of the English Channel. The northern allied forces were surrounded in the Flemish region of northern France. On May 27, the Belgian army surrendered, prompting around 0.4 million British and French troops to concentrate on a full retreat towards Dunkirk, with the English Channel to the west becoming the only hope for the Allies.

As the German forces closed in on Dunkirk from the west, south, and east, with the closest armored units only 10 miles away from the port, on May 24, the German army unexpectedly received a halt order directly from Chancellor Adolf Hitler himself. This order later sparked debates, with many military historians believing it to be Hitler’s interference with military command. Following the clarification of the situation in northern France, the German army needed to preserve the strength of its armored units for subsequent operations. The German High Command had initially planned for the B army group to complete the final encirclement. While the counterattack by the Allies had limited effect, it increased the concerns of some senior German commanders about the unit's losses, as the rapid advance left the infantry far behind. After visiting the A army group headquarters, Hitler deemed it necessary to halt the advance of the lead units to block the enemy breakout; simultaneously, the Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, assured that the Air Force could handle the task of destroying the encircled Allied forces. Another reason that might have prompted Hitler to issue the order was his concern that the forces would become entangled in the heavily wooded marshland and waterways outside Dunkirk, entering into positional warfare that could impede the rapid interception of the British and French forces retreating. Additionally, some viewed Hitler's decision as politically motivated to allow a portion of the British troops to withdraw to Britain, potentially facilitating negotiations with the UK. Some military leaders, including front-line armored unit commanders, opposed Hitler's order, believing the advance should continue.

As a result, under pressure from the German B group army, the British and French Allies retreated towards Dunkirk, while the A group army, which had cut off the escape route, although closer to Dunkirk, halted its advance in the canal area to the west of Dunkirk and did not concentrate its forces to cut off the coastline. At that time, the Allies were fighting for survival, thus reinforcing the defense positions in the surrounding area of Dunkirk. Although on May 27, German forces resumed the offensive to prevent the British and French Allies from retreating from Dunkirk, they faced an organized defense line and could not break through. The British and French Allies successfully delayed the German advance, gaining more time for the troops to evacuate Dunkirk.

On May 20, the German forces severed the connection between the British and French Allies and the southern French army. Approximately 40 divisions of the 3 Allied armies were trapped in the Flanders region on the border of France and Belgium. Subsequently, the German forces reached the coast of the English Channel, compressing the Allies in the coastal area around Dunkirk within a width of 50 kilometers. As early as May 20, British Expeditionary Forces Commander Lord Gort proposed a retreat, hoping to evacuate 10,000 people per day. At 18:57 on May 26, the British Navy ordered the commencement of the evacuation operation, code-named 'Operation Dynamo.'

The British evacuation plan faced several challenges. Firstly, the German air force sank many ships in the harbor at Dunkirk, threatening the safety of the waterways in the area, and nearby submarines posed a significant threat to surface vessels. The shallow waters to the west of Dunkirk's beaches meant that Royal Navy destroyers and transport ships had to anchor 1.6 kilometers away, and the most critical issue was the limited number of ships available for Britain.

The execution of the retreat plan is commanded by Admiral Bertram Ramsay of Dover. The first step is to mobilize transportation vehicles to deliver food and medical supplies to Dover to cope with the return of a large number of troops. Subsequently, a communication network is established to maintain the smooth operation. On the first day, the German air force heavily bombed Dunkirk, turning the port into ruins, preventing the Allies from retreating. Due to their deep draft, British naval vessels could not approach the beach, resulting in a slower retreat. By May 27, only over 7,000 people had been evacuated. The UK's most optimistic estimate is to successfully evacuate 45,000 troops before the German occupation of the beach. However, given the efficiency of the first day's operations, it would take the UK 40 days to withdraw all personnel.

Admiral Ramsay issued an urgent call for civilian boats to provide assistance. Countless amateur sailors and private boat owners responded, operating over 850 vessels including barges, freighters, motorboats, fishing boats, yachts, inland vessels, etc. Despite attacks from German planes, submarines, and artillery, they shuttled back and forth across the Channel, returning batches of Allied soldiers to British soil. The British military utilized all means - ground, naval, and aerial forces to support this operation.

On May 28, adverse weather in the Dunkirk area prevented German air raids, leading to the evacuation of nearly 17,000 people. After the retreat began, the Germans intensified ground attacks and targeted the British and French transportation fleet from the air and sea. The British forces steadfastly held their eastern and western flanks to maintain the evacuation route along the coast, accelerating the boarding of troops. Various small boats were responsible for ferrying personnel, and trucks were sunk into the sea to serve as makeshift piers extending to the beach. Bombs dropped by the Germans had reduced impact on the sandy shoreline. By May 29, around 47,000 individuals had been evacuated, with an estimated 2,000 non-commissioned officers leaving the French coast every hour. Fog on May 30 diminished visibility, halting German assaults once again. Nearly 50,000 people were evacuated by the coalition forces, reaching 68,000 on May 31.

The encirclement of Dunkirk gradually tightened, but the Germans could not prevent the Allies from withdrawing by sea. The Royal Air Force, in order to cover the ground retreat, deployed a total of 2,739 sorties of fighter aircraft for air support, effectively counterattacking German air raids despite heavy losses. By June 1, over 60,000 people had been evacuated.

Due to German air raids and artillery approaching the Dunkirk beach, the evacuation transitioned to nighttime from June 2 onwards. Over the next 3 days, the coalition forces evacuated 26,000 individuals to Britain each day. On June 4, the Germans captured Dunkirk, with 40,000 French troops left behind as rear guards being taken prisoner.

The evacuation lasted from May 26 to June 4, spanning 9 days during which a total of 338,226 individuals were evacuated from Dunkirk to Britain. This included around 215,000 British, 95,000 French, and 33,000 Belgian troops. The UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands deployed a variety of 861 vessels, including fishing boats, passenger ships, yachts, lifeboats, and other small crafts, to rescue 0.34 million troops from the crisis in just 10 days, preserving a significant military force for the Allies' future counterattacks.

During the evacuation, the Anglo-French forces abandoned all heavy equipment. Upon reaching British soil, they were left with only rifles and a few hundred light weapons. On the beaches of Dunkirk, they abandoned nearly 1,200 cannons, 750 anti-aircraft guns, 500 anti-tank guns, 63,000 vehicles, 75,000 motorcycles, 700 tanks, 21,000 machine guns, 6,400 anti-tank rifles, and 0.5 million tons of military supplies. Over 40,000 from the Anglo-French forces were captured, with over 28,000 killed or wounded. A total of 861 various vessels were used during the evacuation, with 226 British and 17 French ships sunk by German artillery. The Royal Air Force flew a total of 2,739 sorties to cover the retreat, losing 106 planes. British fighters and ground anti-aircraft fire shot down around 140 German aircraft. The luxury liner, the RMS Lancastria, requisitioned for military transport during the evacuation, was sunk by German bombings, resulting in the deaths of at least 3,500 British soldiers - more than twice the casualties of the Titanic disaster (approximately 1,500).

This evacuation operation successfully saved nearly 0.4 million Allied soldiers, becoming the cornerstone for the subsequent European counterattack and defense of the British mainland. However, all heavy equipment of the Allies (anti-tank weapons, vehicles, tanks, etc.) remained on the European continent, severely weakening the UK's ground defense. Due to many ground personnel not being able to prepare in time, there was a shortage in the early phase of the Battle of Britain.

General Montgomery, who later rose to the rank of Field Marshal in the British Army, was also among the soldiers retreating. Two years later, Montgomery was entrusted with an important task by Churchill to go to North Africa, and successfully defeated the German and Italian armies in the Second Battle of El Alamein, halting the Axis powers' expansion in North Africa.

"We must be extremely careful, not to portray this retreat as a victory, as wars are not won by retreating... The Germans desperately tried to sink the thousands of ships carrying soldiers on the sea, but they were repelled, they suffered defeat, and we evacuated the expeditionary force!..."

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He outlined Britain's determination to continue the fight:

"... We will fight on the beaches; we will fight on the landing grounds; we will fight in the fields and in the streets; we will fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. Even if this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, which I do not for a moment believe, our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle, until in God's good time the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."...

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