An excerpt from Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech to the Parliament
of the United Kingdom on June 18, 1940:
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 winstonchurchil.org/err/speechesi speeches of into
churchilt 122-their-finest hour
What event does this source describe?
A. An attack on British troops by French soldiers
B. The rescue of French troops by the British
C. A great military victory for French troops
D. The rescue of British troops by the French