Dunkirk

552 00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:52,013 He's dead. 553 00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:56,682 Stukas! Run for it. 554 00:43:11,089 --> 00:43:13,057 So that's why he sent us away. 555 00:43:14,634 --> 00:43:16,011 Do you think he knew? 556 00:43:17,303 --> 00:43:18,896 He knew all right. 557 00:43:19,013 --> 00:43:20,731 That's murder. 558 00:43:20,848 --> 00:43:22,646 That's sheer bloody murder. 559 00:43:24,060 --> 00:43:25,937 I hope somebody knows what they're doing. 560 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:35,409 No chance of seeing the C-in-C yet, I suppose. 561 00:43:35,530 --> 00:43:37,282 Not a hope, Brian. 562 00:43:37,406 --> 00:43:40,034 With things the way they are he must be a very worried man. 563 00:43:41,536 --> 00:43:43,914 Any news of the 5th and 50th Divisions' push south? 564 00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:45,415 No, not really. 565 00:43:45,540 --> 00:43:49,340 They're putting out the usual probes but the main attack hasn't gone in yet, 566 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:50,712 thank goodness. 567 00:43:51,671 --> 00:43:53,969 You know it's an impossible scheme. 568 00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:56,934 - But it's Weygand's plan, isn't it? - Yes, it is. 569 00:43:57,051 --> 00:44:00,180 Still, we've got to try something. We are in a pretty awful mess. 570 00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:02,272 Of course we're in a mess. Shouldn't we be? 571 00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:05,314 With the French breaking on the Meuse we're wide open on our right. 572 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:07,687 If the Belgians crack on our left we're in trouble. 573 00:44:07,812 --> 00:44:08,812 If that does happen 574 00:44:08,896 --> 00:44:11,775 we need the 5th and the 50th and any others we can scrape up 575 00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:14,527 to stop Jerry having a clear run to the north. 576 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:16,370 What was the outcome of Dill's visit? 577 00:44:17,405 --> 00:44:18,952 That didn't help much. 578 00:44:19,073 --> 00:44:21,417 As far as I know the push to the south still goes. 579 00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:24,413 The Cabinet's putting pressure on Gort to carry it through. 580 00:44:25,329 --> 00:44:27,582 How he'll sort that problem out I wouldn't know. 581 00:44:27,707 --> 00:44:30,301 How can he sort it out? He's a subordinate commander. 582 00:44:30,418 --> 00:44:32,295 He can't overrule the French High Command 583 00:44:32,420 --> 00:44:35,094 or go over the head of the CIGS, let alone defy the Cabinet. 584 00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:45,024 Henry, I've come to a decision. 585 00:44:45,141 --> 00:44:49,317 I'm going to call off the 5th and the 50th Divisions from the attack to the south 586 00:44:49,437 --> 00:44:50,814 and send them to the left. 587 00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:53,236 But, sir, that's against all orders we've had. 588 00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:55,610 The French 1st Army will never attack without them. 589 00:44:55,735 --> 00:44:58,079 I know that only too well. Anyhow, it's got to be done. 590 00:44:58,196 --> 00:45:01,120 We've got to protect our escape route to the north. 591 00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,117 I'm worried about this Belgian sector. 592 00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:07,247 If they crack, and from my summing-up of the situation I'm sure they will, 593 00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:10,796 our chances of withdrawing to Dunkirk are nil 594 00:45:10,917 --> 00:45:14,717 and I am now perfectly certain that is what we shall have to do. 595 00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:16,718 Very good, sir. 596 00:45:16,839 --> 00:45:20,309 Our only hope of getting back is to reinforce Brookie 597 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:24,272 and to do that I shall have to withdraw the 5th and 50th Divisions. 598 00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:27,608 In spite of any orders that we've had. 599 00:45:28,476 --> 00:45:30,023 It's 1800 hours. 600 00:45:30,144 --> 00:45:31,691 Have the orders drafted at once. 601 00:45:58,923 --> 00:46:01,017 Calais is being heavily shelled from the west. 602 00:46:01,133 --> 00:46:03,886 - Wessex asks for support. - What's Wessex doing? 603 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:06,139 Engaging enemy batteries on the Sangatte road. 604 00:46:06,264 --> 00:46:08,687 Greyhound and Burza should be with her in half an hour. 605 00:46:08,808 --> 00:46:09,855 Let Wessex know. 606 00:46:10,726 --> 00:46:12,899 Well, I'm afraid that's the end of Calais. 607 00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:15,990 - That leaves only Dunkirk. - Ostend and Zeebrugge. 608 00:46:16,107 --> 00:46:18,360 I don't think we shall use them when the time comes. 609 00:46:18,484 --> 00:46:20,236 Dunkirk was heavily bombed last night. 610 00:46:20,361 --> 00:46:22,910 The French lost another destroyer: Chacal. 611 00:46:23,030 --> 00:46:25,579 That makes two of their Tiger class gone. 612 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:28,328 How soon can you move up your Dutch skoots from the Solent? 613 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:31,547 I think we could move ...