Dunkirk evacuation
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Sep 20, 2026
BradHOST
The French did their best to hold the perimeter, to hold the perimeter, to try and, you uh, help buy time for, for the British expeditionary force to, to get out of there.
BradHOST
So the, this led into the operation dynamo, uh, which, um, and Dunkirk is actually dubbed the miracle of Dunkirk.
BradHOST
So where they're able to rescue roughly 338,000 soldiers, um, Funnily enough, 41% of them are actually French soldiers.
BradHOST
So they did rescue some French soldiers as well.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
There was some interesting, uh, news in Hollywood, but I have to say, I think you're talking about the boats leaving Manhattan.
Matias BombalCORRESPONDENT
I understand that was the lardest, largest water evacuation in history, uh, superseding even Dunkirk during the Second World War.
Walter SterlingHOST
And all volunteer and no prep.
Walter SterlingHOST
Dunkirk, they had rehearsed it.
Walter SterlingHOST
They had a plan.
Walter SterlingHOST
They had maps.
Kevin ClancySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The icing on the cake on a day that so many people lost their lives, not one person died or was injured during the actual evacuation itself.
Kevin ClancySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, Dunkirk in World War I is often referred to as the most impressive water evacuation of all time.
Kevin ClancySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And rightfully so.
Kevin ClancySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They moved 338,000 troops over the course of nine days.
Mary WalterGUEST
... off the island.
Mary WalterGUEST
Bigger than Dunkirk.
Rob CarsonHOST
Yes.
Mary WalterGUEST
And what they did, they put out one call.
Matt BreenHOST
It is the romanticization of a heroic failure.
Matt BreenHOST
Another example would be Dunkirk or Charge of the Light Brigade.
Matt BreenHOST
Things sucking really badly and lots of people dying, lots of bad stuff going on.
Matt BreenHOST
Yet, there was this glorious way in which they handled themselves.
MaddieHOST
All right.
MaddieHOST
And then finally, our number six is Dunkirk, a drama about the Dunkirk evacuation.
MaddieHOST
It stars Fionn Whitehead.
MaddieHOST
Tom Glenn Carney, Barry Keoghan, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles.
MaddieHOST
And, you know, his battles with Neville Chamberlain, who stepped down and Lord Halifax and All these people are like, actually, we're not sure if this is a good idea.
MaddieHOST
As, you know, World War II starts happening.
MaddieHOST
Interestingly enough, this includes the Dunkirk evacuation.
MaddieHOST
It's
PaulieHOST
France was defeated and the core of the UK's military manpower was on the verge of annihilation.
PaulieHOST
Operation Dynamo was initiated.
PaulieHOST
and the flotation device capable of carrying people was ordered to Dunkirk to evacuate more than 330,000 Allied soldiers who had been trapped.
PaulieHOST
As we approach the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, we should be reminded of our own Dunkirk, one that evacuated some 500,000 Americans out of Manhattan when the Twin Towers collapsed.
Sinclair McKayGUEST
It was formed in May 1940.
Sinclair McKayGUEST
This is in the aftermath of France and Belgium being invaded, the extraordinary, terrifying events at Dunkirk, the retreat from Dunkirk, the amazings of Dunkirk evacuation.
Sinclair McKayGUEST
there was a moment of kind of almost national fever.
Sinclair McKayGUEST
It was expected, widely expected, among huge numbers of people that Hitler and the Wehrmacht will be turning their attentions to Britain next.
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