The Battle of Dunkirk was a military operation that took place in Dunkirk, France, at the Second World War which as come to define 20th Century England. The battle was fought between the Allies and Germany, as part of the Battle of France. The Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation to Britain of British and other Allied forces in Europe from 26 May to 4 June 1940, something that was seen as miraculous a that time. The War Cabinet under Winston Churchill the newly appointed as the Prime Minister was deeply divided with what to do during the German encirclement of the BEF, with Viscount Halifax, the Foreign Secretary believing that in view of the imminent Fall of France that the United Kingdom should explore the possibility of a negotiated peace settlement with Adolf Hitler

Proposition – why should it go on the cabinet?

Why should the Dunkirk go into the cabinet?

1. The it marks a change of how the English perceive themselves that is still with us today
2. It gives us “Little Englanders”
3. National Myth building - a thousand little boats
4. it gave us the term Dunkirk Spirit

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