The last day in Calais

26th May 1940: The defenders come under Stuka attack and the perimeter shrinks as the Germans take the high ground

The area of operations in late May 1940. Boulogne was taken on the 24th, Calais on the 26th, and a perimeter defence line was formed outside Dunkirk.

The battle in France was now entering a critical phase. The British thought that they would only be able to evacuate a small proportion of the British Expeditionary Force, which was now withdrawing to Dunki…