Dunkirk veteran Harry Osborne recalls the emotion of being evacuated from occupied France. The 97-year-old former gunner told BBC Scotland how he helped. | BBC Scotland News

The evacuation from the French port of Dunkirk began #OnThisDay 1940. Though Winston Churchill and his advisers had initially hoped to rescue 20,000-30,000 troops from the beaches, 338,000 had been rescued by 4 June. The successful evacuation was a great boost to civilian morale, and created the 'Dunkirk spirit' which helped Britain to fight on in the summer of 1940. Learn more about Operation Dynamo in this episode of IWM Stories: http://bit.ly/3hPHcTM | Imperial War Museum London

138K views · 96 reactions | The allied evacuations from Dunkirk in 1940 are often described as miraculous, but what were the real factors behind the success of Operation Dynamo? Find out how 338,000 allied soldiers were saved in the latest episode of IWM Stories, available now on the IWM YouTube channel: bit.ly/3hlbCgd | Imperial War Museum London | Facebook