Skip to main content
Home

User menu logged out

  • Subscribe
  • Sign in

Subscription
Offers

Give a Gift

Main menu

  • Home
  • The Magazine
  • Subscribe
  • Buy the Current Issue
  • Gift Subscriptions
  • Institutions
  • Explore the Digital Archive
  • Sign in
Home

Mini header menu

  • Search
  • Magazine
  • Latest
  • Subscribe

Subscribe

Dunkirk: Victory or Defeat?

Patrick Wilson assesses the importance of Operation Dynamo.

Patrick Wilson | Published in History Review Issue 37 September 2000

Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel Mona's Queen shortly after striking a mine on the approach to Dunkirk. 29 May 1940.

 

To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5.

Start my trial subscription now

If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in.

Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems.

Second World WarBritainFranceGermanyMilitary

Popular articles

Illustration from the cover of La Presse Illustrée, 21 October 1883. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Public Domain.
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Thomas More reading a book, Flemish, 16th century. Photo Josse/Bridgeman Images.
New Year, Old Books

Recently published

Thomas More reading a book, Flemish, 16th century. Photo Josse/Bridgeman Images.
New Year, Old Books
‘A View of Sydney on Norfolk Island, 1792’. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain.
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Triptych panel with Saint Sebastian, c. 15th-16th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review

Most read

  1. Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
  2. New Year, Old Books
  3. Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
  4. On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
  5. ‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
X
Get Miscellanies, our free weekly long read, in your inbox every week

Footer menu

  • About
  • Masthead
  • Contact
  • Jobs
  • Advertising
  • RSS feeds
  • Submit an Article
  • Back Issues
  • Binders
  • Cookie policy
  • Awards
  • Students
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

© Copyright 2024 History Today Ltd. Company no. 1556332.