<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 10 Kubvumbi 1940, mwedzi minomwe mushure mekutanga kweHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, MacMillan akasimudzirwa kuita lieutenant-colonel uye akagadzwa seGSO1 muHQ 55th West Lancashire Motor Division, yekutanga mutsara Territorial Army TA kuumbwa. Chikamu chacho chakanga chichitungamirirwa naMajor-General Vivian Majendie, uyo aiva nemakore gumi nerimwe mukuru waMacMillan, uye akanga achishumira muNorthern Command nokukurumidza achienda kuEastern Command. Chikamu ichi chaiva chikwata chevarwi vaiva nemotokari chaingova nemabrigade maviri chete, panzvimbo pematatu, uye chaiva pakati pevamwe vaive nebasa rekudzivirira mhenderekedzo yegungwa nekurwisa chero ndege dzingave dzichimhanyisa muvengi kana zvikaitika kuti maGerman apinda. Pakupera kwaJune, pashure pokunge British Expeditionary Force BEF yabviswa muDunkirk uye mauto eBritain ava kutarisana neChirungu.  <response>: Pakudonha kweFrance, chikamu chakagadzirwa pakutanga che164th ne165th Infantry Brigades pamwe nekutsigira mauto echikamu chakagadziriswazve sechikamu chechikwata chechikwata pamwe nekuwedzerwa kwe199th Infantry Brigade kubva kune yakaparadzwa 66th Infantry Division. 