A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940 - from Dunkirk to the Armistice

Conducted between 27 May and 4 June 1940, Operation Dynamo was the evacuation from Dunkirk of most of the British Expeditionary Force cut off and surrounded during Fall Gelb – phase one of Germany’s invasion of France. Despite the impression that British forces had no further presence there until D-Day, this was not the case.

From 5 to 18 June 1940, during Fall Rot – phase two of the campaign, several British and Empire infantry and armored formations and an RAF contingent fought on in Franc...