but that's what called the miracle of dunkirk.they thought it was going to be much, much worse than it was. but they were lucky, they were lucky and some of the ways. >> your book bill focuses on june to october of 1940. >> yes. >> after the evacuation from dunkirk, what happened? does hitler attacked britain at that point? to the british fight back? what? >> the germans followed their plan, and maybe that was a mistake. at least one german general, and i think even hermann goering, said at the time of dunkirk, let's forget about paris for a little while. let's put as many troops as we can into england. fly them over there, seized the airfield. the shock might be so great that the british government will cave in or negotiate your instead what the germans did was, of course they stop at the ocean. then he turned south and they wanted to knock france out of the war, which is what they did. they entered paris on june 16, i think. the government in paris led to the south. they were practically in a different city every day. and church

to cover the dunkirk story. what year was dunkirk. where was he in that process? >> the evacuation? >> yes. >> that would be the last week of may, the first few days of june in the 1940's. the french had been defeated essentially in brittany. the french expeditionary force, 100,000 men strong, half of them were stalled of the san -- south of the sienne. the other have spearheaded against the germans, and in short order the french collapsed against belgium. they did it over a week -- at first, they thought they would get 10,000 or 12,000 men out. then anything that could float was sent over there. the got more than 200,000 british troops out. i found it interesting that several thousand french troops chose not to go. they thought, the war is over. we lost. we are home. back to the farm. how they fare, no one knows. >> what was the reaction in great britain to dunkirk? but churchill -- and churchill did this. he made a defeat of a victory. it was the most heroic -- and he said, the a evacuation retreats are not victories. he was clear on that. but the way he said it made dunkirk sound

host: whether was your reaction in great britain to dunkirk? guest: churchill -- and churchill did this -- he made a defeat sound as if it was the ost heroic -- and he saeid evacuations, retreats are not victories, he was clear on this. but the way he said it made dunkirk sound like a heroic victory. and the british people came away saying, well, if we can do that, we can bloody well whip the hun. well, they had it backwards. they were running, swimming literally, home without their weapons, without their tanks and jeeps -- they didn't have generals then but trucks and rifles. they came back soaking wet with no weapons and church ill is telling the paoeeople that we'r now building up what will be the finest army in europe and we will go back. host: in 1940, mid 1940, he is prime minister of great britain. how big at that stage is the british empire? guest: well, it covered gee graphicically about a quarter of the left-hand mass and -- land mass and population. the population was about a quarter of the earth. india, subcontinent. commonwealth an

you covered the dunkirk story. where was he, what year is dunkirk, what was it and where was he in this process? guest: the evacuation? host: yes. guest: that would be the last week of m

hitler did when the bombs came he wouldn't have inspired any one and ironically they had evacuated dunkirk and they were losing the war and being slaughtered 15 or 18,000 londoners died before christmas that year. and he was out there many nights. >> sean: and he was a character. he liked to drink. he liked to smoke his cigars. >> smoked a lot o of cigars every day and drank a lot every day from morning to night with remarkable constitution and even eleanor roosevelt later said i don't know how he did it except he tired my husband out. >> sean: the book is >> sean: the book is fascinating.g.g..so as you cans customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 % or more on car insurance. someone get me a latte will ya, please? >> sean: now, america might not exist as we know it tod

hitler did when the bombs came he wouldn't have inspired any one and ironically they had evacuated dunkirkng the war and being slaughtered 15 or 18,000 londoners died before christmas that year. and he was out there many nights. >> sean: and he was a character. he liked to drink. he liked to smoke his cigars. >> smoked a lot o of cigars every day and drank a lot every day from morning to night with remarkable constitution and even eleanor roosevelt later said i don't know how he did it except he tired my husband out. >> sean: the book is fascinating.g.g.g.g.g.g. sometimes what we suffer from is bigger than we think ... like the flu. with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. prescription tamiflu attacks the flu virus at its source. so don't wait. call your doctor right away. tamiflu is prescription medicine for treating the flu in adults and children one year and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if

hitler did when the bombs came he wouldn't have inspired any one and ironically they had evacuated dunkirkng the war and being slaughtered 15 or 18,000 londoners died before christmas that year. and he was out there many nights. >> sean: and he was a character. he liked to drink. he liked to smoke his cigars. >> smoked a lot o of cigars every day and drank a lot every day from morning to night with remarkable constitution and even eleanor roosevelt later said i don't know how he did it except he tired my husband out. >> sean: the book is fascinating. thanks for sharing it with us. >> thank you. >> sean: appreciate it. >>> this is a fox news alert. i'm marianne rafferty. the lawyer for former u.s. marine jon hammar says h his client has been released from a mexican prison and a u.s. lawmaker says he is back safely in the united states. he had been locked up since august when mexican police arrested him for crossing the border carrying a handgun. because mexico is very strict with firearms hammar had been facing 15 years behind bars. >> the head of the national rifle association calling for