I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to
withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the
moment when they knew that the French front was
decisively broken at Sedan and on the Meuse. This delay
entailed the loss of fifteen or sixteen French divisions and
threw out of action for the critical period the whole of the
British Expeditionary Force. Our Army and 120,000 French
troops were indeed rescued by the British Navy from
Dunkirk but only with the loss of their cannon, vehicles and
modern equipment
1. Winston Churchill, "Their Finest Hour (speech), London, England, June 18, 1940,
Churchill Centre, http://www. winstonchurchill org/learn/speeches/speeches-of-wins ton
church 122 the finest hour
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O A. A secondary source, because the audience did not hear it in
person
OB. A secondary source, because it is an excerpt from a speech given
by a prime minister
OC. A primary source, because it is in the first person and uses the
word
OD. A primary source, because it is an excerpt from a speech given by
a prime minister