Dunkirk: Mission Impossible
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
JJ Chalmers examines the final battle to keep German forces back as the evacuation of Allied soldiers neared its conclusion, with a thin line of exhausted troops holding them back. On the beaches of Dunkirk, JJ explores how British ingenuity resulted in the construction of jetties using abandoned lorries, while Raksha Dave examines the truth of the armada of little ships that sailed to the rescue
Dunkirk: Mission Impossible airs on Channel 5 +1 at 4:05 AM, Monday 30 December. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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Jamie Simpson
Director
Alice Harper
Executive Producer