Operation Dunkirk

It's two plus two equals six.

I will never tell you.

But you will.

" OPERATION DUNKIRK "

The enemy attacked us on all sides

with great strength and fierceness.

Pressing in upon the narrow exit,

both from the east and from the west,

the enemy began to fire with cannon

upon the beaches by which alone the shipping

could approach or depart.

Meanwhile, the Royal Navy with the willing help

of countless Merchant Seamen strained

every nerve to embark the British and Allied troops.

Two-hundred and twenty light warships

and 650 other vessels were engaged.

They had to operate upon a difficult coast

often in adverse weather

under an almost ceaseless hail of bombs

and an increasing concentration of artillery fire.

Nor were the seas, as I have said,

themselves free from mines and torpedoes.

It was in conditions such as these that our men

carried on with little or no rest.

For days and nights on end,

making trip after trip across the dangerous waters,

bringing with them always men whom they had rescued.

Attention!

At ease.

Lt. Calloway?

This must be your lucky day.

You're not being evacuated.

You might actually live another day.

It's a ruddy bloodbath out there!

Gentlemen, battles will be won

by the side that first spots enemy airplanes,

ships or submarines.

And British scientists have been working feverishly

to develop radar technology that will see

for hundreds of miles, even at night.

But they haven't been able to crack it.

Just recently, we got intelligence from the Americans.

The Americans?

Yes.

Seems a German scientist has developed this technology

but doesn't want to share it with Hitler.

I know.

Whatever his reasons, he wants to share it with us.

Therefore, I need you and your men to go retrieve the package.

The package being?

The German scientist.

Do we know where this package is, sir?

Yes. We're being told the French Resistance has

the German scientist in a safe house not far from here.

He's being held here in an old factory

right off of L'Autoroute A25.

That's 51 degrees north, 37 east.

You're to go there, rendezvous with the French,

retrieve the package, and get out.

Any questions?

Much enemy activity in the area, sir?

From our reports, little to none.

The French are expecting you.

Once you've made contact,

they will ask you for a piece of paper.

Give them this.

Sir.

Any more questions?

So we're not going to be evacuated, then. Is that it?

You have your orders.

Pull your balls out of your throat and be a soldier!

- Yes, sir! - Get your kit together

and get ready to move out. Do you understand me?

Yes, sir!

This mission could not only save lives,

but win the war.

Carry on.

You heard the colonel.

Little to no enemy activity.

We get in, we get out.

We don't miss the evacuation.

Just one last roll of the dice, lads.

Let's go.

Should be just over this field.

Better proceed with caution.

Into the bushes!

You must love your family very much, no?

Do you realize that we know where they are?

My soldiers are on their way right now to pick them up.

Mein familia has nothing to do with this!

No!

Tell me!

Okay. Okay.

I give it to a young woman,

French Resistance on her way to BAF now.

Angelique!

Show me where she is.

They will see you soon enough.

Everything all right, Thomas?

It's my son's birthday in two weeks.

I just really wanted to see him.

I haven't seen him yet since he was born.

Don't worry about it, Thomas.

You'll see him on his next birthday, yeah?

You can tell him what a hero his father is.

Never actually been with a woman myself.

You never been with a woman?

Not intimately, no.

So you've not had a shag?

Such a romantic, Walker.

Let's just find this kraut,

and get the hell out of France, yeah?

What do you say?

I hate this country. It stinks.

Lieutenant, all due respect,

how do we know we can trust this scientist?

He is German, after all.

Because cleverer men than us have told us so.

Well, they better be right.

This must be it, lads.

Stay sharp.

Drop your weapons!

Lower your guns!

I said drop your guns!

Turn!

Turn slowly to me!

Turn slowly!

What is your business here?

We're with the British Expeditionary Force.

We've come to collect a package.

You should have a package for me.

Yes. Yes, I do.

Read it.

Read it to me!

"The children long to play in the fields

but had to settle instead for the sand

which was accompanied by an enormous roar."

All right, where is he?

How many are with you?

Just the five of us.

All right, where is he?

She is inside.

Wait. She?

You did not know.

No. I thought we were collecting the chap

with the algorithm for radar.

You were until he was captured

by Nazi but moments before this.

He gave the algorithm.

To Angelique.

Angelique?

- Oui. - All right, let's go.

Angelique?

C'est moi, Pierre.

Don't shoot, don't shoot.

This is her.

You have the algorithm?

- Oui. - May I see it?

I have not written it down. So you must keep me alive.

Very sensible.

Then we should leave.

What's the plan?

We must get her to this location.

They will further assist her.

They have arranged a plane to take her to Great Britain.

But we must wait for the Americans.

They're already late.

So I'm assuming the worst.

We need to move.

Shit! We've got company!

So much for little to no enemy activity.

Take cover.

I'll see if I can delay them.

All right, let's dig in, lads.

We were given a mission and I plan on completing it.

Harris, get me the colonel on the wireless.

Yes, sir.

F13C here. Come in, Dunkirk.

F13C. This is Colonel Plummer.

Sir, I have the colonel.

We're at the destination, sir. But the package isn't here.

There is a French girl with the Resistance.

Said she was given the algorithm by the scientist

before he was captured by the Nazis.

Has she showed it to you?

Says she has it memorized, sir.

Blood hell!

That changes things.

One more thing, sir.

We also appear to have company.

How many?

Difficult to say.

Looks like a transport heading our way.

Get your asses out of there before they arrive!

Those are your orders!

Understood, sir. F13C out.

You don't trust me?

They've arrived!

It's the Germans. On the left and right.

We know you are in there!