Dunkirk 1940After the collapse of the front in France, a Stalingrad like defeat was looming over the British expeditionary army in France. The soldiers were trapped like rats. German tanks rolled towards the town of Dunkirk after their successful Blitzkrieg, where tens of thousands of soldiers were huddled together. Then, out of nowhere, came Hitlers halting order and the tank divisions stood still. From England, meanwhile, hundreds of ships were on their way to