The Dunkirk evacuation was basically a huge Allied sucess with the vast majority of the troops in the perimeter getting to England. I'm wondering what factors, from the point in time when the allies had already established their defensive perimeter around Dunkirk , would have led to a more mixed result, say about only half or thereabouts making it out. Better weather for the Luftwaffe? A concentrated German attack once the perimeter had been established?
IIRC, at the start British hopes were for maybe 100k of the BEF to make it back, not the full 220k who actually did, so clearly they had some fears about a debacle happening.
IIRC, at the start British hopes were for maybe 100k of the BEF to make it back, not the full 220k who actually did, so clearly they had some fears about a debacle happening.