dunkirk, said churchill, was a miracle of deliverance.n and its tally of great loss. in may 1940, lawrence found himself in the chaos of dunkirk. evacuation the only hope against a german advance. lawrence had two brothers serving somewhere in the army. but his only thought was to get off that beach. when i first started bringing them back, of course, i didn‘t think about my brothers. i thought, well, how am i going to get back, that‘s the thing, you know. but, in the confusion of evacuating more than 300,000 men, lawrence, here in the middle, literally ran into his two brothers — george on the left and edward on the right. their reunion in the bomb—cratered sand dunes of a beach under siege was a moment lawrence will never forget. relief, just relief. because there were so many soldiers there and continuous aircraft coming over, dropping bombs and things, you know. all three brothers made it off the beach with the help of the armada of little ships that had been sent from britain. and all three sailed home safely to their mother waiting

in may, 1940, lawrence found himself in the chaos of dunkirk.e in the army. but his only thought was to get off that beach. i didn't think about my brothers. i thought, well, how am i going to get back, that's the thing, you know. but then, incredibly, in the confusion of evacuating more than 300,000 men, lawrence, here in the middle, ran into his two brothers — george on the left and edward on the right. their reunion came in the bomb—cratered sand dunes of a beach under siege and it's a moment lawrence says he will never forget. relief, just relief. because there were so many soldiers there and continuous aircraft coming over, dropping bombs and things, you know. all three brothers were rescued by the little ships

dunkirk, said churchill, was a miracle of deliverance.two brothers serving somewhere in the army. but his only thought was to get off that beach. i didn‘t think about my brothers. i thought, well, how am i going to get back? that‘s the thing, you know. but, in the confusion of evacuating more than 300,000 men, lawrence, here in the middle, literally ran into his two brothers george on the left and edward on the right. their reunion in the bomb—cratered sand dunes of a beach under siege is a moment lawrence will never forget. relief, just relief. because there were so many soldiers there and continuous aircraft coming over, dropping bombs and things, you know. all three brothers made it off the beach with the help of the armada of little ships that had been sent from britain. and all three sailed home safely to their mother covid—19 means this year‘s gathering of little ships to mark the 80th anniversary of dunkirk cannot take place. but one small naval ceremony was enough for lawrence churcher to remember the salvation of his country and

in may, 1940, lawrence found himself in the chaos of dunkirk.cuation the only hope against the german advance. he had two brothers serving somewhere in the army. but his only thought was to get off that beach. i didn't think about my brothers. i thought, well, how am i going to get back, that's the thing, you know. but then, incredibly, in the confusion of evacuating more than 300,000 men, lawrence, here in the middle, ran into his two brothers — george on the left and edward on the right. their reunion came in the bomb—cratered sand dunes of a beach under siege and it's a moment lawrence says he will never forget. relief, just relief. because there were so many soldiers there and continuous aircraft coming over, dropping bombs and things, you know. all three brothers were rescued by the little ships ships sent from britain. this year, there is no reunion of the ships because of covid—19. but lawrence was today still able to recall the salvation of his country and his family. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in portsmouth. time for a look at the weathe

his reaction was, "i spent time on the beaches of dunkirk, on the beaches at dunkirk, i picked up survivorsic convoys, i survived all that, so i'm going to survive this." but in april, he became one of the nearly 116,000 care home residents who've died from all causes over two months. his son peter believes coronavirus arrived in his father's nursing home with a patient discharged from hospital. 0verall, he says residents needed more protection. i believe that there was a fundamental error made at the beginning, that care homes either weren't going to suffer the coronavirus because of their enclosed environment or, alternatively, they didn't really care about it or even think about it. unfortunately, in this country, social care seems to be the poor relation to the nhs. is it all right to put your eye drops in, lovey? this care home in sheffield managed to keep the virus out by having staff move in. it's worked, but now they've unlocked again. like the majority of care homes, this is a small, family—run business and the strain on them is huge. i mean, staff are tired. it's long hours, long

but what made churchill communicate for courage with the opening speech about dunkirk. and he said in those opening moments he was telling it has a story that this is what was happening this is how it was unfolding it is a thrilling story if you think about it he would give a sober appraisal not happy talk but a down to earth sober appraisal sometimes too detailed and scared people on occasion but then talk about we should be optimistic of how this problem of dunkirk was potential for a german invasion and how this can be resolved and for optimism. and then metaphorically people rising saying i will be a part of this we will take him on god dammit. this will be amazing we will beat hitler that there is another element and this is part of his ability to communicate he's a great leader of history with this ability to place people into the grand epic of british history to make them feel they were a great part of this island story and then this great tradition but also he had an understanding of the power and the knowledge refusing to call hitler by his name he would say th

information but also the sense of courage and i got a taste of that with the opening speech about dunkirk and he was telling us has a story and this is what is happening and how it was unfolding and it's a thrilling story if you think about it but a sober approach of the situation just down to earth sometimes too sobering and too detailed but then he would follow with comments that people should be optimistic the potential for german invasion and how this can be resolved. and not happy talk to real grounds for optimism. and then to say this is have it will be. it's a very powerful thing but there is another element. one is the ability to communicate with a great leader of history he has the ability to place people into the grand epic of british history to be a part of the great story to be this great tradition but also he had a real understanding of the power and symbolic acts. something as simple refusing to call hitler by his name he would say that wicked man. it is a powerful solution to see mike this presents off in the distance and then to to show himself with the survey and talking

this is when the army was touched off at dunkirk. it seemed we we re touched off at dunkirk.feat. —— cut off. churchill did not allow any question of allowing the italians to find out the terms that the germans with execs from us, and he knew it would lead to defeat. that was the one moment when hitler could have won the war. and you and i could be talking in very different terms or in very different circumstances. indeed. 0f in very different circumstances. indeed. of course, nothing in history is inevitable. a very important rule for all historians. at the same time, even especially with the benefit of hindsight, i think we are able to look back and see the different turning point of the war, and that was the first and most essential turning point of all. and in terms of thinking about today, what was happening 75 years ago today, now we think about it collectively as a period of immense celebration, we are familiar with those wonderful images from trafalgar square, people celebrating. but it was also a very tough time, and there will have been people in those clouds they h

dunkirk, said churchill, was a miracle of deliverance.on the only hope against the german advance. lawrence had two brothers serving somewhere in the army. but his only thought was to get off that beach. when i first started bringing them back, of course, i didn‘t think about my brothers. i thought, well, how am i going to get back? that‘s the thing, you know. but, in the confusion of evacuating more than 300,000 men, lawrence, here in the middle, literally ran into his two brothers george on the left and edward on the right. their reunion in the bomb—cratered sand dunes of a beach under siege is a moment lawrence will never forget. relief, just relief. because there were so many soldiers there and continuous aircraft coming over, dropping bombs and things, you know. all three brothers made it off the beach with the help of the armada of little ships that had been sent from britain. and all three sailed home safely to their mother waiting in portsmouth. she was pleased, obviously, the fact that i was there for them. and then when the fell

he is on his way to dunkirk.little boats. because they are tiny little boats that were used to go up to the beaches, to get the boys off the beaches, and then ferry them to the larger vessels standing offshore. so they stayed. our ideas today come largely from recreations, dramas and films. home. at 100 years old, john port is one of the last left to describe what it was to spend days on that beach, then to be rescued by a scheme which the german generals could barely believe. it was a horrendous experience. we were just lying on the beach, hands on the back of the head. there was... a brighton paddle boat was there — that was burning from end to end. and another transport was loaded with our chaps, and a bomb dropped right amongst them, in the stern. that was pretty awful. sadly, the still—surviving wooden boats aren't able to mark their 80th anniversary. but they do send a message from the past, symbolising a moment when people with their backs to the wall came together to face down disaster. that was robin gib

we all know the phrase dunkirk spirit, and that phrase was coined because of what happened here 60 yeaallied troops who were on the other side of the channel. the german army was advancing, thought to be sitting ducks —— micro 80 years ago. operation dynamo, led from tunnels underneath the castle here, to evacuate british troops and the allied troops, too. they thought they would only get 30,000 back, but hundreds of little ships, ordinary people joined hundreds of little ships, ordinary peoplejoined a hundreds of little ships, ordinary people joined a rescue operation and in the end a third of a million were returned. they ended up seeing the sights of the white cliffs of dover, showing them they were home and safe. let's talk to english heritage. how big an operation was this? enormous. it was organised in the last minute, so vice admiral ramsey, in charge of the operation, based about 30 metres underneath us, had at their seven days to try to organise over 900 ships and boats that were required to make this operation a success. it also to find cruise for them, provision them, backwa

time after time here we're going on the ground on the 80th anniversary of the dunkirk disaster as boris johnson arguably seeks to harness the dunkirk spirit desperately clinging on to a top advisor credited with putting him in power and winning britain's breck's it vote against neo liberalism coming up on the show the chief advisor dominic cummings may not be a member of the tory party but one former tory health minister did resign over a health care scandal we asked margaret thatcher's health minister if we don't carry why britain has the worst but capita coronavirus death toll in the world and should coronavirus survivor boris johnson be in trouble because of an infected advisor visiting a console to test out his eyesight but his role in sanctioning weapon sales to the world's worst humanitarian crisis we speak to the un in yemen the cemeteries are overflowing the country bombed with u.k. weapons from u.k. warplanes trained by the u.k.'s royal air force. all the more coming up in today's going underground and 1st once upon a time there was a u.k. government official from jobs here dem

he is on his way to dunkirk.k beaches was a test of bravery bordering on madness. they were in the thick of it for several days, some of them. though i have huge admiration for them, and i have huge admiration for them, and i have huge admiration for the little boats, because they are tiny little boats that were used to go up to the beaches to get the boys off the beaches to get the boys off the beaches and then ferry them to the larger vessels standing offshore. so they stayed. our ideas today come largely from recreations, dramas and films. home. at 100 years old, john port is one of the last left to describe what it was to spend days on that beach, then to be rescued by a scheme which the german generals could barely believe. it was a horrendous experience. we were just lying on the beach, hands on the back of the head. there was a brighton paddle boat was there. that was burning from end to end. and another transport was loaded with oui’ another transport was loaded with our chaps, another transport was loade

the family of one victim, thomas port, who was 101 and lived through dunkirk, say they feel, let downpe rather than saving lives in nursing homes. as the infection rate rises, thought to be driven by care homes, how might the government's easing of the lockdown in england, be affected 7 also tonight: as ministers say some primary school children in england will be back in class in two weeks' time, unions still have major concerns. with a sunny weekend forecast, what can you do outdoors under lockdown?

coverage here in britain, it seems our road map is memories of world war ii, the blitz spirit, the dunkirkhave used as a road map. just a thought out there. is it useful to have an armed conflict is the goal —— as a road map to get three pandemic?‘ conflict is the goal —— as a road map to get three pandemic? a lot of the leg has been evocative of the second world war —— a lot of the language. it is difficult because we are trying to wade through this and we need to remember the last time the country was challenged in this way you can understand why. my slight nagging feeling on this, and this is kind of an odd thing about but my grandfather served in the war. he never talked about it. and he deliberately did not talk about it. and actually, a lot in that generation did not because they wanted to move the country forward and there'sa wanted to move the country forward and there's a slight irony that subsequent generations have kept alive, but the actual people who served in war, actually, a lot of them wanted to forget. it is interesting, in a way. they on ve day were looking to the future,

the opening speech about dunkirk. it's a great storyteller, he was telling as you heard in his opening moment, he was telling it as a story, this is what was happening, this is how it was unfolding, a thrilling story if you think about it. what he would do, he would give his audience an appraisal and not happy talk, just a down-to-earth, sometimes too sober into detailed and he scared the heck out of them on occasion. then he would follow with comments about real grounds to white people should be optimistic, how this problem of dunkirk and potential for german invasion, how this can be resolved in a positive reason for optimism. not happy talk, real grounds for optimism. and then become a rhetorical flourish at the end and have people rising from their seats and say all be part of this, were going to take this guy on dammit and this is how -- were gonna be hitler. that was a very powerful thing but there's another element to churchill leadership. one is this becomes a play in terms of his ability to communicate. him b

reason for courage, is how he structured his speeches with got a taste of the opening speech about dunkirk. hayes a great story teller and he was telling as you heard in the opening moments, he was telling it as a story, as this is what was happening, this is hough it was up following, sort of -- unfolding, sort of a thrilling story. he would give you -- give his audience a sober appraisal of the situation. not happy talk. just a down to erring, sober -- sometimes too sober and detailed and scared the heck out of the audience and then follow with comments about, real grounds for why people should be optimistic, like how this problem of the blitz, of dunkirk, of the potential for a german invasion -- how this can be resolved, positive reason for optimism, and not happy talk. real grounds for optimism, and then would come the rhetorical force at the end that would metaphorically have people rising from their seats and saying i'm going to be part of this. we're going to take this guy on, goddamnity and this is how it well be. weeing beat hitler. that was a very powerful thing but there's anot

comments about, real grounds for why people should be optimistic, how this problem of the blitz, of dunkirk, of the potential for a german invasion, how this can be resolved, positive reasons for optimism and not happy talk, real ground for optimism and then would come this rhetorical flourish at the eastbound would have people rising from thunder estates and saying i'm going to be part of this. we're going to take the guy on, goddammit and we're going to beat hitler. but another almost to churchill's leadership. a couple. this comes into -- act to communicate. being a great leader of history he had this ability to put people -- to place people into the grand epic of british history to make them feel as if they were part of this great island story as he would put it. that's very important to make them all feel part of this thing, this great tradition they had, and also he had a real understanding of the power of symbolic acts. even something as simple as refusing to call hitler by his name. he would say that man or that wicked man, which very subtle, very tiny thing but very powerful thing.

they are on their way home, home from the hell that is dunkirk.member the heroes of dunkirk — 80 years on. good morning. government ministers are trying today to shift attention from the pm's top adviser dominic cummings, as they focus attention on plans to further ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions in england. nonessential shops will open in the middle of next month, while car showrooms and outdoor markets can open from next monday. the prime minister said he understood the "confusion and anger" caused by the row but is standing by mr cummings. mrjohnson said "people will make up their own minds" about dominc cummings‘ explanation — so do tell us this morning what your verdict is. email victoria@bbc.co.uk or on twitter @vicderbyshire. this report is from our political correspondent iain watson. something you don't see every day. government advisers usually defend their political masters. this one had come to defend himself. dominic cummings took his family 250 miles from london to durham during lockdown, when his wife was already ill. yesterd

in the last two months almost every day in the newspaper there is talk of the blitz spirit, the dunkirkrit, is it useful to have world war ii as the road map for getting through a 21st century pandemic? it's comforting certainly. the point about war spirit was it was a moment of tragedy but also triumph and ve day back then it was a celebration. but it was also very much tinged with sadness. you'd be hard—pressed to find anyfamily sadness. you'd be hard—pressed to find any family who had an experience a loss. i think drawing on that spirit of, we will get through this together but there is tragedy mixed into that, it's a useful benchmark for people to process their own emotions. i am not one for plastering blitz spirit on every crisis will stop i think it's been particularly overdone and last couple years with the brexit crisis talking about britain going it alone just like we did back then. church alien rhetoric. now are facing something as tragic and as terrifying but it is in a war. and trying to find it in that way isn't particularly helpful. i understand what jason saying, i just d

any decision comes too late for 101—year—old thomas port, who lived through dunkirk and died of coronaviruss family say they feel let down. they were more concerned in making sure the nhs could cope rather than saving lives in nursing homes. as the infection rate rises due to the situation in care homes, how might the governemnt‘s easing of the lockdown in england be affected? also on the programme: ministers say some primary school children in england will go back in class in two weeks‘ time, as talks with teaching unions continue. welsh beaches destined to stay deserted for a while longer, as the first minister announces a cautious route out of lockdown. the power of public opinion — how uk climate change policy could be dictated by the masses. and we hear how one family's heartfelt tribute to a wife and grandmother inspired others affected by coronavirus. league 2 clubs agreed to end their season league 2 clubs agreed to end their season due to the coronavirus pandemic, but ligue one in the premier league are still to reach a decision. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the

not even hitler in the summer of 1940 in the evacuation of dunkirk.so twice that year, winston churchill had come on the queen mary to north america, to washington, to hyde park, to plead with the president not to launch today. it would be too much of a gambl gamble, too many men's lives at stake. the channel would be running red with blood. but the president had insisted, advised by his military staff, overruled them up to that point, but he said he declared that d-day must be launched spring of 1944 at the end of the winter and they did. the traditional difficult waters of the english channel cannot be crossed by the large invasion force. and wanting that to take place on the first of may, 194475 years ago was because just getting onto the beaches of normandy would not be enough. in order to defeat 1 million german troops there would have to be a campaigning summer where sufficient tanks could be landed on the shores of normandy to build the bay army of two or 3 million men. so it was vital to launch d-day may 1944. but sadly as the president sets o

presumption at the time that once germany consolidated with the british expeditionary forces the chaos at dunkirkthat the entire strategic picture would change. prior to france that this would keep the riffraff that they and they would not have the endurance so now with france falling there is german airbases on the coast of the english channel just minutes away from england and minutes away from london something they had never even speculated on. so you have that thread and it's very real that they would invade in the cross channel attack that with that superiority so if you can imagine taking control at this time not only has hitler begun evading and succeeding with that existential threat across the channel and what a hellish prospect but not for churchill he took this on time and time again. . . . . let me jump right in. you talk about the power of unrestricted cash transfers to transform the lives of people. i know yo you can do this slowly but surely that every time i ask others about this idea they say why should we trust people, won't this make them lazy, how do you answer that from your

we push on over the open field halfway to the little church, of course the famous dunkirk church on the landscape. this moment, it's when we will have the counterattack. i got to go back one, sorry. counterattack of command. i'm sure most of you know the story. they are held in reserve basically behind the church. they are brought out. they crossed the turnpike about 100 yards north of the haters town pike. aj baker, the 11th mississippi. my regiment one in a run into battle. i was at once wounded in the foot by a fraction of a bombshell. it seemed to me that every blasted yang key was firing at us with guns of illimitable range. my company lost every officer in private except one, either killed or wounded. scott carson. it seems the whole world was in arms against us. there are new bright flags were waving in every direction. george, the first texas had the high percentage of casualties in the confederate army. " to the texans in the ranks, the sound of battling was deafening, the booming of all chilly, the steady popping of thousands more distant. the explosions of shelves and the win

time after time they were going on the ground on the 80th anniversary of the dunkirk design. seeks to harness the dog. experience desperately clinging on to a top advisor credited with putting him in power and winning britain's breck's it vote against neoliberalism coming up on the show the chief advisor dominic cummings may not be a member of the tory party but one former tory health minister did resign over a health care scandal we asked margaret thatcher's health minister if we don't carry why britain has the worst but capita coronavirus death toll in the world and should coronavirus survive boris johnson be in trouble look because of an infected advise that visiting a console to test out his.

something called the sickle schnit, a sickle cut designed to cut off the british expeditionary force in dunkirk and destroy them in detail before moving on to take over the rest of france. does that sound like something that might or might not have happened. he divulges all of this detail. so we have details of weaponry and details of tactics and details of strategy. and we've got a reasonably constant flow of codes and ciphers material amounting over a six-year period to over 300 documents counted by bertrand in his memoir. schmitt is the spy to end all spies. so david, who you will all have heard of, the master of cryptoanalytic history, said he was world war ii's greatest spy and i think that is probably right. but what was schmidt doing with all of the money and how was he concealing it? so if you're a badly paid civil servant how come you could explain this swish nice suit and the posh briefcase and all of that kind of thing. not to mention the expensive holidays, here he is with his wife on one of these expensive holidays wearing an expensive dressing gown and it wasn't just the wife, unf

and on the 80th anniversary of the dunkirk evacuation — the remarkable story of one veteran.

any decision comes too late for 101—year—old thomas port, who lived through dunkirk and died of coronavirus