<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemuva kwenkathi ye- Phoney War, ukuhlaselwa kwe-Wehrmacht nokuqhamuka kwe-Ardennes ngoMeyi 1940 kwaphumelela ekuhlukaniseni amabutho ama-Allied, futhi kuzungeze i-French 1st Army ne-BEF, uGort uthathe isinqumo esizimele sokushiya imiyalo ayithole kuHulumeni waseBrithani yokuhlaselwa eningizimu ukuze asekele i-French Army, esikhundleni salokho ngoMeyi 25, 1940 wayala ukuhoxa kwe-BEF enyakatho ogwini lwaseFrance. Lapho efika ogwini, uGort waqondisa ukuhoxiswa okukhulu kwe-BEF emuva eziQhingini zaseBrithani, okubandakanya iMpi yaseDunkirk nokukhishwa kweDunkirk, ngenkathi iFrance ihluliwe futhi  <response>: lazinikela emabuthweni aseThird Reich ngemva kwamasonto amane. 