Dunkirk Triumph or Disaster?

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Dunkirk Triumph or Disaster?

In May 1940, the French and British troops were pushed back to the beaches of Dunkirk. They were trapped. Winston Churchill set up 'Operation Dynamo' to bring back the British, French and Belgian troops to England to be evacuated, between 26th May - 4th June, around 345,000 were evacuated.

The evidence that shows that Dunkirk was a triumph is in the cinemas, Movie Tone News reported it like this. This was reported at the time of Dunkirk:

'More cheering evidence of the success of this amazing military exploit is the presence in Britain of large numbers of French soldiers...

The story of that epic withdrawal will live in the history as a glorious example of discipline (amongst our troops)...'

This tells you that even cinemas described the evacuation as a triumph. This would calm the people of Britain down telling them that the soldiers are well behaved and are coming home safely.

While on newspapers for example from the headline of the Daily Mirror written at the time of Dunkirk. They had used the words:

'Bloody Marvellous'

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