 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo Gort akaenda kundoraira British Expeditionary Force BEF, aida kutora Adhama somukuru wake wevashandi. Hore-Belisha akaramba chikumbiro chacho nemhaka yokuramba achienderera mberi. Zvisinei, muna October 1939 Adam akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri we III Corps, iyo yakazosvika February 1940 yakanga ichidarika Channel kuti ibatanidze BEF. III Corps yakatsaurirwa kumibato muScandinavia, asi muna April kurwisa kwakarongwa kwakamiswa apo Germany yakarwisa Denmark neNorway, uye Corps yakaramba iri muFrance. Apo mukupera kwaMay, BEF yakarayirwa kuti ibve, Adam akapiwa basa rekuronga Dunkirk perimeter; Major General SR Wason akatora kutungamira kweIII Corps. Kwakanga kuri zvikurukuru nemhaka yokutungamirira kwaAdhamu kuti BEF yakakwanisa kudzokera shure kwenzvimbo yakasimba uye kuita kubviswa kweDunkirk. Vakarairwa kuti vaende musi wa 26 May, Adam naBrigadier Frederick Lawson vakawana chikepe checanvas pamhenderekedzo dzejecha uye vakakwira kuenda kune mutambudzi akanga akamirira. Kana ari iye, akanongedzerwa kwaari mumashoko okutumira mashoko kechina. 