In the picture sources there are also many points to show deliverance all the pictures show power, courageous acts and forms of organization. Within source F they try to show this by capturing a soldier in a courageous act to show that they are powerful and brave they demonstrate this with a soldier shooting at the German fighter planes. They also show organization in source E buy capturing them all lined up despite the dangers they are facing, and finally they show how people where saved in masses in sources D but picturing them scrambling on to boat at sea.
All of these sources are positive, there are many to explain why they are positive, in fact there’s many reasons for them to be positive, The main reason for these sources to be positive is to boost morale during the battle but this was helped by all of the other reasons like the DORA act which controlled what goes on In newspapers so that the battle of Dunkirk was only shown in a good way to boost morale. Also other thing such as when the “Minister of War” writes a quote he has to write it in a way that will boost his soldiers because it’s his job to them convinced and keep their morale up. Another reason for them being positive is that they have not yet discovered the long term affects because they are all written during the battle par one which is written in 1965 this means he can look back and comment on the overall picture rather than just the situation the soldiers where in.
However we know that these sources are not completely representative due to the fact o the DORA (Defence of the realm) act which limited the content that was shown in the papers. We can prove this buy looking at who has taken the picture in source D which in the case is taken by Charles Cundall who would be under the DORA act and only be allowed to perceive the battle of Dunkirk in a good way he was also commissioned by the government to paint this picture meaning he also had to make it look as if the government are doing a good job organizing the operation.
Despite these sources not tell me much about the negative side of Dunkirk I will use my knowledge to give you some facts about the little information is does give you. First of all I will show you the negative content these sources show. In sources D, E and I there are some negative points but on a minor scale in source D there are massive clouds of black smoke that could be either where they have been attacked by bombs or equipment that they are forced to leave behind to give the troops priority but burnt it so the Germans can get there hands on it. In source E like source D there is equipment left on the floor but it is hard to tell if its equipment or dead bodies; both losses. In source I it is written by an historian so there for he knows the long term effects and statistics therefore he shares a little more negatives points than the others “In all 338,226 men were brought to England”, “The R.A.F had lost 474 aeroplanes”.
If these source would have been German then they would, in my opinion be the complete opposite for example in sources F where the British soldiers are shooting up at the planes the point of view would be from the plane looking down at the venerable little soldiers getting attacked to make the German army look powerful and as if they have every think under control.
In conclusion, Operation Dynamo can be perceived as both a disaster and deliverance, but due to the fact that these sources lack vital information pushes these sources to the side of deliverance. This would be mainly because all bar one was wrote during the battle of Dunkirk and was therefore under the act of DORA so the content within the picture or article would have to suite the government guidelines which were supporting the B.E.F as we would hope. However, the one article that was written after the battle of Dunkirk, which was sources I, just does not have enough sufficient information to prove in Dunkirk being a disaster.