'We shall go on and we shall fight it out'

28th May 1940: As Belgium surrenders and the situation in France looks worse than ever, Churchill fights off calls for talks with Hitler

British troops line up on the beach at Dunkirk to await evacuation.

‘If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each one of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.’¹

The 28th May 1940 began with the news that King Leopold of Belgium was seeking terms with Hitler. The Belgian Army, on the flank of the British Expedit…