The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest.
To evacuate the thousands at Dunkirk, the Admiralty requisitions small boats, while the Navy races to lift as many as it can.
The town is under siege, with tens of thousands still waiting to be evacuated and daylight sailing suspended.
Simon Russell Beale
Winston Churchill
Clive Brunt
Pte Alf Tombs
Phil Cornwell
Harry Noakes
Benedict Cumberbatch
Lieutenant Jimmy Langley
Ricci Harnett
Guardsman Desmond Thorogood