Lydd, 122-24
Lyne, Flying Officer Michael D., 57-58
Lynn-Allen, Captain J F., 107
Lys, River, 22, 24, 103, 109
McBarnet, Lieutenant Donald, 114
McBeath, Commander John, 246
McClelland, Lieutenant-Commander J. N. N., 206-7
McCorquodale, Major Angus. 12, 201, 232-33
McCoy, Lieutenant-Commander John, 94
MACFORCE, 7, 13
Mackenzie, Lieutenant Angus, 247
Mackie, Captain R. W., 140-41
MacLeod, Leading Seaman Murdo, 217
Mahnert, Corporal Hans, 135
Maid of Orleans, 95, 190
Maintenon (French Naval Headquarters), 91, 92
Malcolm, 87, 88, 129, 140, 155, 160, 168, 196, 224, 228, 248, 253, 257, 258, 260, 268
Malines. 124, 222-23, 241
Malo-les-Bains. 79, 81, 87, 95-99, 112-15, 128, 140, 152, 153, 163, 166, 174, 187, 190, 192, 236-39, 245, 257
Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 72
Mann, Lieutenant, 105
Mardyck, 78, 249
Mare, 227-28
Maréchal Foch, 268
Margate, 89, 156, 224, 269, 271
Marlborough, 245, 257, 258
Marsayru, 190
Marshall, Captain Arthur, 168
Martin, Major-General Henry, 80, 81
Martin, Chief Signal Clerk J. W., 87
MA/SB 6 (motor antisubmarine boat), 186
MA/SB 10, 246, 248, 251, 260-61
Mason-MacFarlane, Major-General Noel, 7
Massey Shaw, 191-92
Maund, Commander Guy, 245, 247
May, Sub-Officer A. J., 191
May, Bombardier Arthur, 11, 54, 169
Medway Queen, 48, 49, 116, 268
Meiklejohn, Chaplain Kenneth W., 154
Mellis. Lieutenant David, 87, 140, 168, 228, 253
Menon, Colonel, 249, 255
Meredith, Corporal Harold, 196
Mermaiden, 257, 258
Messerschmidt (German plane): Me 109, 57, 84, 132-35, 212, 220; Me 110, 132-35, 220, 221
Meuse, River, 1, 3
Michalowski, Lieutenant, 122
Middlesex Regiment, 1st/7th Battalion, 111, 203-5
Military Polite. See British Expeditionary Force: Corps of Military Police
Ministry of Shipping, 41, 44, 45, 88, 89, 156
Moeres, 198
Mona’s Isle, 83, 84, 131
Montgomery, Major-General Bernard, 15, 104-5, 145, 146, 170-71, 227, 274
Moore. Captain S. T., 128
Morale problems: Belgian, 102-3; British, 90, 105; French, 16, See also “Operation Dynamo”: morale
Morgan, Lieutenant-Colonel William, 182, 183
Mosquito, 222
Motor Torpedo Boats, 184-85, 239; MTB 102, 216, 247, 257, 259; MTB 107, 260, 261
Moulton, Captain J. L., 81-83
Munster, Lord, 170
Münstereifel, 28
Naiad Errant, 194
Nanney Wynn, Major F. R., 186
Nautilus, 122
Naval shore parties, 92-94, 96-97
Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI), 14, 54
Nelson, 46
Newcomb, Chaplain Reginald, 49, 54
Newhaven, 235
Newhaven, 193, 235
Newman, Major Philip, 262, 263, 265, 267
New Prince of Wales, 160, 161, 196
Ngaroma, 223
Nicholson, Brigadier Claude, 60-63
Nieuport. 78, 79, 86, 102, 104, 105, 106, 111, 150, 172, 198, 199, 211, 220
Nixon, Seaman C. F., 47, 97, 113
Noon, Gunner F., 237
Nore Command, 44, 89, 228
Northamptonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion, 149-50, 186
North Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 103
Nye, Private W.C.P., 103
O’Callaghan, Private Bill, 74
Odend’hal, Vice-Admiral Jean, 91, 92, 175, 276
OKH (Oberkommando der Heer), 30, 31, 150, 209, 210
OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), 26, 28, 32, 119
Orchies, 14
Oriole, 129-30, 240, 247
Osborne, Major-General E. A., 49, 109, 110
Osborne, William, 89
O’Shea, Father Cockle, 262-63
Ostend, 20, 84
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 4th Battalion, 148
Page, Private Leslie R., 50
Palmer, Captain Sir Anthony, 80
Palmer, Samuel, 194
Pangbourne, 140-41
Pank, Colonel, 262
Panzers, 3, 16, 25, 29, 30, 36, 41, 61, 70, 72, 125, 132, See also German Army; Tanks
Paris, 242
Parker, Coxswain Edward D., 156
Parminter, Brigadier RHR., 95, 130, 246
Payne, Lieutenant C. G., 115
Peirse, Sir Richard, 39
Pelly, Commander P. D. H. R., 278
Perimeter; planning, 37, 78-79; manning, 79, 99; defending, 104-11, 145-51, 153, 172-73, 181, 197-211, 229-39, 249-51
Péronne, 3, 21
Perron, Edmond, 254
Potain, Marshal Henri, 58, 178
Peterson. Captain-Lieutenant, 119
Phillips, Rear-Admiral Sir Tom, 46, 152, 185
Pigeon, 260
Pim, Captain R. P., 194
POLFORCE, 13
Pooley, Private Bert, 74
Poperinge, 35, 54
Porte de Vaux, Lieutenant Jacquelin de la, 269
Portsmouth. 46, 155, 192, 257, 259, 272
Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley, 37-39, 144, 168, 177
Poustie, Midshipman H. B., 219
Pownall, Lieutenant-General H. R., 16-18, 20-21, 33, 36, 108, 110, 170, 175, 177, 272
Prémesques. 20, 21, 23, 36, 37, 108
Preston, Admiral Sir Lionel, 40, 46, 88, 89
Princess Elizabeth, 186
Prioux, General R. J. A., 92, 107-11, 150
Quai Félix Faure. 248, 257, 258, 259
Queen of the Channel, 98, 99, 117
Queen’s Own Worcestershire Yeomanry, 145-46
Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1st/7th Battalion, 83
Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 1st Battalion, 61, 65-66
Rabbets, Private Edgar G. A., 149-50
Ramsay, Vice-Admiral Bertram, 41; early career, 42; letters to wife Mag, 47, 58, 90, 270; gathering ships, 41, 83, 86, 89; relations with the French, 91; dispatching ships, 99, 130, 143-44, 188-89, 236, 240, 252-53, 256; obtaining destroyers, 117, 168, 228-29; S-Boat threat, 126, 127; evacuating the French, 172-73, 178; “Special Tows”, 207-8; decision to end Dynamo, 257, 269-70
Ramsay, 2nd Lieutenant I.F.R., 33, 73, 103
Ramsgate. 46, 48, 127, 157, 159, 160, 163, 164, 191-93, 217, 222-26, 215, 271, 273, 278
Ransome, Major Bob, 112
Reader, Sapper Eric, 117
Refugees, civilian, 8, 103, 254
Reinhardt, General Lieutenant Georg-Hans, 151
Renown, 156, 195
Resolute, 156
Return of troops, 169-70, 186, 227, 271, 277-78
Reynaud, Paul, 2, 20, 24, 58, 91, 92, 109, 174, 177-79, 197, 229, 252
Rhodes. 2nd Lieutenant Arthur, 96
Richards, Lieutenant C.D., 160
Richardson, Major Charles. 36, 277
Richardson, Commander Hector. 94, 96, 99, 112, 113, 115, 151, 166, 188
Richthofen, General Major Wolfram von, 32, 134, 161
Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 61
Riggs, H. C., 45, 88
River Emergency Service, 88
Robinson, Commander Charles, 124
Rommel, General Major Erwin, 13
Rosendaël, 235, 255, 261
Ross, Commander Richard, 207
Roubaix, 104
Rouen, 248
Routes across the Channel, 84-86, 90, 94, 117, 120, 122, 125, 127, 139
Roux. Lieutenant de Vasseau, 243
Royal Air Force (RAF), 9, 17, 20, 24, 37, 3
8, 46-58, 90, 117, 127, 133-35, 200, 219-22, 250; 19th Fighter Squadron, 57, 220-21, See also Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh
Royal Daffodil, 85
Royal Dragoon Guards, 168; 4th/7th Battalion, 239
Royal Eagle, 129
Royal Irish Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, 110
Royal Kent Yeomanry, 146
Royal Lancers Regiment, 12th Battalion, 22, 105, 166
Royal Marines. 67, 81, 168
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 89, 224
Royal Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 74
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment, 9th Battalion, 13, 278
Royal Ocean Racing Club, 157
Royal Sovereign, 259
Royal Sussex Regiment, 4th Battalion, 103; 5th Battalion, 53, 76
Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 6
Royal Ulster Rifles, 2nd Battalion, 205-6
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 106
Rundstedt, General Colonel Gerd von, 3, 6, 15, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 60, 150, 209
Russell, Chief Cook Thomas R., 48, 116
Ryder, Major, 74
Ryegate II, 159, 163, 278
Sabre, 87, 116, 113, 246, 268
St. Abbes, 216-19
Saint Eloi, Church of, 30
Saint-Omer, 13, 30, 61, 69
Saint Pierre-Brouck, 27
Saint Pol, 13, 135
St. Seiriol, 223
Saladin, 87, 144
Salamander, 216-17
Salisbury, Signalman K. A., 11
Sandford, Private TW., 65
Saunders, Stoker A. D., 87
Savorgnan de Brazza, 244
Schaal, General Lieutenant Ferdinand, 64, 65
Scheve, Major Fritz von, 132
Schmidt, Georg. 267-68
Schmundt, Colonel, 32
Schneider, Augustin, 194
Schneider, Fernand, 194
Schnellboote (German speedboats), 119-21, 127, 169; S 21, 120; S 23, 120; S 30, 121
Schniewind, Vice-Admiral Otto, 119
Scotia. 222
Secteur Fortifié des Flandres, 234, 255
Sedan, 2, 3
Seine, River, 26, 150
Sequacity, 84
Servins, 51, 52
Shattock, Gunner R., 8
Shaw, Ted, 159, 163, 174, 278
Sheerness, 48, 90, 156; 157, 159, 190, 245
Shikari, 246, 260, 261
Shipping Federation, the, 159
Silver Queen, 163, 164
Siroco, 169
Skipjack, 216-18
SKL (German Naval War Command), 119
Skoots, 44-45, 86, 196
Skylark, 160, 193
Small Vessels Pool, 40-41, 46, 88-89, 156-57
Smith, Basil A., 156, 163
Smyth, Brigadier John O., 186-87
Snelgar, Sergeant George, 49
Snowden, Second Lieutenant D.C., 83, 84
Sola, Raphael de, 158
Solent, 89
Soloman, Sub-Lieutenant Michael, 197, 242-44, 251
Somali, 47
Somerset, Brigadier, 148
Somerville, Vice-Admiral Sir John, 90
Somme, River, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 209, 256, 273
Southampton, 44, 89, 126
Southend Britannia, 160
Spears, Major-General Sir Edward, 178, 179
“Special tows,” 208, 210
Speedwell, 215, 251
Spitfire (British plane), 57, 133-34, 195, 220, See also RAF
Spycker, 78, 249, 255
Stanley, Staff Sergeant Gordon, 51, 52
Stanley, Jeanne Michez, 41, 52
Steenbecque, 13, 278
Steenwerck, 109
Stephens, Private Bob, 35
Stephenson, Lieutenant-Colonel E. L., 73
Stephenson, Commodore Gilbert Owen, 162, 166, 184
Stone, Private Bill, 53
Stopford, Lieutenant James, 43
Stowell, Sub-Lieutenant H. W., 94
Stratton. Private Bill. 13, 187
Stuka (German plane), 3, 8, 10, 29, 34, 35, 51, 52, 55, 57, 64-66, 94, 107, 132-40, 161, 169, 189, 212, 214-17, 219, 228, 242, 254, 273, See also Dive bombing; Luftwaffe
Suffolk Regiment, 1st Battalion, 219
Sugar, Private Sam, 124
Sun IV, 195, 257
Sundowner, 226-27
Sutton, Brigadier George William, 145
Swallow, 160, 194, 259
Swayne, Brigadier J. C., 175, 176, 178
Sykes, Captain E. H., 165
Tanks: British, 19, 21, 61; French, 3, 22, 34, 110; German, 2, 3, 13, 15, 20, 26, 34, 64, 66, 107, 118, 133, 150, 234, See also Panzers
Tarry, acting Second Mate John, 45, 192
Taylor, Commodore A. H., 159, 245, 249, 258, 259
Taylor, Driver Gordon A., 51
Taylor, 2nd Lieutenant R. C., 12, 169
Tennant, Captain William C: sent to Dunkirk, 92-97; decision to use eastern mole, 97-99, 115; shore parties, 112, 130, 182, 188-89, 219, 241, 252; communications, 142, 152; stops daylight evacuation, 229-30; returns to England, 247
Teteghem, 249, 255
Thames estuary, 44, 89, 127, 156, 159, 193
Thames, River, 88, 156, 278
Thoma, Colonel Wilhelm Ritter von, 30
Thuiller, Lieutenant-Colonel H. S., 246
Tidey, Private Fred, 74
Tilbury, 158, 194
Tilbury Dredging Company, 45, 46, 192
Tilly, 85, 116
Titanic, 226
Tollesbury, 156
Toomey, Private Jack, 128
Tough Brothers Boatyard, 88, 156
Tough, Douglas, 88
Toulouse-Lautrec, Commander Gui de, 169
Tournai, 11, 35
Tresckow, Lieutenant-Colonel von, 32
Trippe, Corporal, 51
Triton, 160, 162, 196
Trotter, Lieutenant J., 199
Troup, Commander H. R., 249, 259
Truffaut, Captain Georges. 102-3
Twente, 141
Tynwald, 223, 241, 248, 259
“Useless Mouths.” 19, 41, 55, 86
Utterson Kelso, Brigadier J. E, 145
U-Boats, 122, 127, U 62, 122
Vanquisher, 144, 153
Venomous, 190, 246-47
Venty, 90, 224
Vervins, 1
Vincennes, 20, 100
Vinera, 216-17
Vivacious, 153
VTB 25 (French torpedo boat), 259, 268
VTB 26, 259
Wahagnies, 16
Waitzbauer, Corporal Hans, 249
Wake, Sub-Lieutenant Roger. 242-43, 247, 251
Wakeful, 88, 99, 120-25, 144
Wake-Walker, Rear-Admiral Frederic, 152-53, 171-73, 177, 184-85, 188, 216, 224, 239-40, 245, 251-52, 257-59
Walker, Private W. S., 50
Walter, Colour Sergeant Fred, 65, 66
War Office, 16, 17, 24, 37, 41, 62, 101, 11, 143, 153, 176, 180
Warner, Private Bill, 35, 116
Warner, Major David, 146
Watkin, Lance Bombardier Noel, 6
Watou, 103, 148
Watts, Captain O. M., 157-58, 194, 197
Waverley, 141
Weather, 272
Webb, Sergeant E. C., 235
Webb, Captain Lemon, 156
Welsh Guards. 50, 147
Wemple. Lieutenant-Commander J. S., 184
Westropp, Colonel Lionel H. M., 167
Westward Ho, 222, 249
Weygand, General Maxime, 19, 21, 33, 62, 76, 78, 90-92, 100, 110, 174, 177-79, 181, 183, 229, 252, 275-76
“Weygand Plan,” 19-23
Whitehall, 217
White Wing, 245
Whitfield, Colonel G. H. P., 95
Whitshed, 235, 257
Wietersheim, General Gustav von, 151
Williams. Sub-Lieutenant William Ronald, 161, 189
Wilson, Major, 7
Winchelsea, 235, 247
Windsor, 212, 224, 278
Wolfhound, 94, 98
Woodcock, Mrs. S., 270
Worcester, 173, 222, 226, 228-29
Worcestershire Regiment, 8th Battalion, 147
Wormhout, 106
Worthing, 242
Worthington, Lieutenant Greville, 278
Wounded, evacuation of, 237, 241-42, 246, 263
“Wrens” (Women’s Royal Naval Service), 43
Wright, Lance Corporal E. S., 1-2
Wright, Signalman Leslie W., 66-08
Wuthmann, Colonel Rolf, 209
Yewdale, 84
Yorke, Private Percy, 186
Yorkshire Lass, 248
Ypres, 19, 20, 23, 100, 104
Yser, 160, 104
Zimmermann, Lieutenant Wilhelm, 120-21
Zuydcoote, 95, 139, 219
Image Gallery
Plunging down from the sky, a German Stuka dive-bombs an Allied tank, as Hitler strikes west in May 1940. Together with the armored panzer division, the Stuka symbolized a new kind of lightning war—the Blitzkrieg—which the Allies were utterly unprepared to meet. German columns knifed through to the sea, trapping the British and French against the coast of Flanders. (Hergestellt im Bundesarchiv Bestand)
On the receiving end of the German onslaught were the Allied commanders, British General the Viscount Gort (left) and French General Maurice Gamelin. Within days Gamelin was fired and Gort was reeling back toward the French port of Dunkirk. Below, a file of British troops straggles into Dunkirk, hoping to escape by sea. (Top: Wide World Photos. Bottom: Hergestellt im Bundesarchiv Bestand)
Thousands of Allied soldiers soon crowded the beaches that stretched from Dunkirk to La Panne, a small Belgian resort ten miles to the east. Long lines of men curled out into the sea, patiently waiting to be picked up. (Times)
As the troops waited, German planes continued to pound them. For protection they dug foxholes in the dunes. Casualties were surprisingly light, since the sand tended to smother the exploding bombs. (Imperial War Museum)
Across the English Channel, a giant rescue operation was hastily organized under the command of Vice-Admiral Bertram H. Ramsay. Here Admiral Ramsay briefly relaxes on the balcony of his headquarters, carved out of the famous chalk cliffs of Dover. (Courtesy of Jane Evan-Thomas)
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