 Nokusvika kumugumo kweHondo yeFrance uye kubviswa kweBritish Expeditionary Force kubva pachiteshi cheDunkirkpakati paMay 26 naJune 4, 1940, kupinda kweGermany muGreat Britain kwakaratidzika kuva kunobvira. Mauto eBritain akanga asina kugadzirirwa zvakanaka kudzivirira nyika muchiitiko chakadaro; mumavhiki pashure pokubviswa kwaDunkirk aigona chete kugovera mapoka makumi maviri nemanomwe. Hondo yakanga ichinyanya kushaiwa zvombo zvinorwisa matangi, 840 dzacho dzakanga dzasiiwa muFrance dzichisiya 167 chete dziripo muBritain; zvombo zvaive zvishoma kwazvo zvombo zvakasara zvekuti mirau yairambidza chero kushandiswa kwezvinangwa zvekudzidzisa. 