As the British army withdrew from Dunkirk, crushed by the German war machine, a different kind of war was being waged right across the globe.
It was the propaganda battle - and it was fought in the newsrooms and print works of the newspapers in Britain, Germany and the United States.
In 1940 the Germans smashed French resistance, which left the British no choice but to rescue the troops.
The Operation Dynamo was carried out from Dunkirk. A group of about 40 Destroyers, minesweepers, sloops, transports and patrol crafts were used in the
operation.
Shows the German invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France, including the evacuation of the British forces at Dunkirk. From the "Why We Fight" series.