 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Cunningham akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant anobhururuka musi wa 12 March 1940. Muna April boka racho rakabhururuka sechifambiso cheDe Havilland Flamingo yaitakura Winston Churchill, Ishe Wokutanga weAdmiralty, kuenda kuParis kunopinda musangano pashure pokupinda kweGermany kuDenmark neNorway. Nguva yakawanda yechikamu panguva yeHondo yePhoney yakashandiswa mukudzidzira kwakasimba pamusoro peWash iyo yaisanganisira kubatana nemwenje uye kushanda kwemigodhi. Musi waMay 15, 604 yakaendeswa ku RAF Manston. Kubva panhandare yendege Cunningham akabhururuka pamusoro peEnglish Channel uye achifambisa pamusoro peDunkirk sezvo Hondo yeFrance yakasimbiswa. Cunningham haana kunyorwa kuonana nemuvengi uye France yakapa musi wa 25 June. 