It is June 4, 1940. A dark cloud has fallen over Europe as Hitler’s forces descend on the free world with a fury and speed never seen before in the history of warfare. The 330,000 men of the British Expeditionary Force, along with a small contingent of remaining French forces, fight valiantly from their foothold at the coastal town of Dunkirk. They cling to their tiny beachhead, desperately trying to hold onto their position between the English Channel and the Panzer divisions under the command of General Heinz Guderian intent on driving them into the sea. As the German Luftwaffe rains down fiery death from above, the British High Command…