Case red : the collapse of France
Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940, there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then conducting a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest and St. Nazaire. While France was in its death throes, politicians and soldiers debated...