Dunkirk: Mission Impossible
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Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
Former Royal Marine JJ Chalmers uses his own devastating experiences of war to give his perspective on the evacuation of Allied soldiers in May and June 1940. He begins by following in the footsteps of the British soldiers' desperate retreat after the Nazis' blitzkrieg invasion of France - counting down the seven days that led to Churchill's order to evacuate the British Army in France
Dunkirk: Mission Impossible airs on Channel 5 +1 at 4:20 AM, Thursday 12 December. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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JJ Chalmers
Presenter
Jamie Simpson
Series Producer
Alice Harper
Executive Producer