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What If...?: Series 1: Dunkirk

29/05/2000

Dunkirk

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What if the British evacuation at Dunkirk in June 1940 had failed? (2000)

On 24 May 1940, Hitler ordered his force of 3,000 Panzer tanks to halt just outside Dunkirk. Why did he make this decision and what if he had not done so? (2000)

On 24 May 1940, Hitler ordered his force of 3,000 Panzer tanks, which had been sweeping across northern France, to halt just outside Dunkirk. Why did he make this decision and what if he had not done so? Using contributions from historians and analysis of Churchill's documents, this programme considers the alternative scenarios had the British forces (almost a quarter of a million men) not escaped via Dunkirk. It is determined that Dunkirk was the most dangerous chapter in the war and there could have been a dramatically different outcome if the Panzers had advanced. (2000)

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