Welcome back to The Past Is Now! Today, I am joined by Paul Bristow from the Dunkirk 1940 museum to discuss the many myths that surround one of the spectacular events of not just the Second World War, but the 20th century. We then go onto explore the 'Dunkirk spirit' and how we have come to view the evacuation in contemporary Britain.

Recommended reading:Hugh Sebag Montefiore - Dunkirk: Fight to the Last ManDr. Phillip Weir - Dunkirk and the Little Ships
James Holland - The War in the West: A New History (Volume 1)Walter Lord - The Miracle of Dunkirk: The True Story of Operation DynamoJoshua Levine - Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture