Dunkirk retreat refers to a famous military retreat in European history. The Dunkirk retreat took place on1May 25th, 940. As the defense line of the British and French allied forces was quickly broken by the German mechanized forces, the military defense line of the British and French allied forces was completely disintegrated. In order to save more manpower and material resources, the British army carried out the largest military retreat in the history of Dunkirk. In the introduction of Dunkirk retreat, it is mentioned that the code name of Dunkirk retreat is. During the Dunkirk retreat, Britain and France successfully used various ships and devices to withdraw a large number of troops, saving a lot of manpower and material resources. However, this retreat is a manifestation of the failure of the allied forces. The Dunkirk retreat also marked the formal withdrawal of British troops from the European continent, the French defense line was broken, and all parts of Europe except Britain fell into the hands of the Germans. The balance of World War II began to tilt towards the Germans, and Hitler's ambition was greatly satisfied.

All the heavy equipment of the British Expeditionary Force in France was abandoned on the European continent. Due to the hasty implementation of the Dunkirk retreat, the engine plan was temporarily formulated by the British, and there were serious problems and loopholes in the British ground defense, which also laid the groundwork for Hitler's future attack. Historians of later generations generally spoke highly of Dunkirk's retreat, believing that although Dunkirk's retreat marked the temporary failure of the Allies, Britain was able to preserve the best-equipped army in Europe, which also preserved the hope of the European continent. The recovery of Europe is inseparable from this glorious and great retreat, which is by no means a humiliating failure.

The Dunkirk retreat was the largest military retreat in European history. 1940 On May 25th, the offensive of the British and French allied forces was defeated by the Germans, and the German heavy mechanized troops moved into French territory, so all the land on the European continent except Britain fell into the hands of the Germans. In order to prevent Britain from being hurt again, Britain ordered all British people to withdraw from France, which was the birthplace of Dunkirk's retreat. Many later historians predicted that more than 40,000 people were captured and more than 20,000 people died in the retreat of the British and French allied forces, so 68,000 British and French soldiers were killed in the Dunkirk retreat. Among these casualties, some were killed in the attack, some were killed on the beach when they were expecting to board the ship, and some were sunk by German ships at sea and buried at the bottom of the sea. In addition to people, the Dunkirk retreat also lost some important strategic resources. Britain mobilized 86 1 ships of various types to retreat, but 226 British ships and 17 French ships were sunk by the Germans, and 250 ships could no longer serve in this retreat. The British Air Force lost 106 luxury aircraft.

Later historians have different views on the specific losses of Dunkirk's retreat. They think that the loss of France in this retreat is not great, but according to French official records, France not only killed more than 40 thousand people in this retreat, but also some air force pilots and excellent generals were killed in the retreat, so these casualties should also be included.