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RE: Little ships. The Dunkirk Miracle.
Was it actually a miracle? Remarkable, yes, Nolan’s movie suggests. More than 300,000 British and other Allied troops made it back to England, allowing Britain to fight on. And it wouldn’t have been possible had it not been for the “little ships” from Britain — hundreds of fishing boats and pleasure yachts, ferries and fireboats that sailed the channel and rescued countless soldiers, shuffling them either home or to British naval vessels in deeper waters. But a miracle?
The fact that so many were brought to safety, while the German relentlessly attacked. I'd say that's a miracle as the great history boffins agree.