Dunkirk: ‘The motliest armada that ever went to sea’

From the archives in 1940: As Allied troops flee Dunkirk, former British MP and Canadian-born journalist Beverley Baxter describes a nation facing the onslaught of fate

Beverley Baxter
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(GERMANY OUT) 2.WW Campaign in the west / battle of France 10.05.-22.06.1940: Dunkirk evac?ation of british BEF and french troops (26.05.-04.06.). : Allied troops on the beach waiting for evacuation. about (ullstein bild/Getty Images)

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