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May 1940
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Mr Eden Tells. THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK. How B.E.F. Was Saved

... EPIC OF DUNKIRK. How B.E.F. Was Saved. Broadcflsting to the nation on Sunday night Mr Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, told of the succession of events which led up to all that will be. connoted in British history by the single word “Dunkirk.” “In ...

The Next Task

... announcement. With it goes a deep sigh of sorrow for those who cannot return. Every man who took part in the retreat upon Dunkirk is a hero. He is now one with the veterans of 1914-18 who also faced fearful odds and came through unconquered. To such men ...

THE WEEK. The Great Ordeal

... that, under the protection of the Fleet and Air Force, four-fifths of the B.E.F. had been successfully brought over from Dunkirk, and the more difficult task of evacuating the valiant rearguard is in progress. May it, too, be achieved ‘ with maximum sueecess ...