Dunkirk is called a miracle in the history of Britain but was it really a miracle or just a great disaster hidden from the public?

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Dunkirk is called a “miracle” in the history of Britain but was it really a miracle or just a great disaster hidden from the public? In May 1940 Germans had the allies trapped at the coast of Dunkirk in France and were closing in. Winston Churchill decided to call in an evacuation plan and rescued 338,000 thousand soldiers through the help of the English Navy and 860 privately owned naval vessels while being bombed by Luftwaffe and artillery . They got support from RAF against the Luftwaffe and the artillery. It was considered a disaster due to 68 thousand casualties of BEF, 1,200 field guns, 1,250 anti-aircraft guns, 11,000 machine guns, and 75,000 vehicles abandoned (including 500 tanks).

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Dunkirk was considered to be a victory publicly; firstly because disasters and bad news were censored from public by the news to keep morale high at home. This was done so people don’t feel bad about the war and give up. Another reason why Dunkirk is referred to as a "miracle" is simply because the Germans should have, and could have, easily wiped out the BEF. The German high command halted as the army was about to go for the kill on orders from Hitler who at times lost his nerve temporarily. If he had not halted his army then ...

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