Winston Churchill Liveblogs World War II: May 30, 1940
Winston Churchill to BEF Commander Lord Gort:
Continue to defend the present perimeter to the utmost... to cover maximum evacuation.... [W]e shall send you an order to return to England... the momenet when we deem your command so reduced that it can be handed over to a Corps Commander.... If communications are broken you are to hand over and return as specified when your effective fighting force does not exceed... three divisions.... No personal discretion is left to you in this matter. On political grounds it would be a needless triumph to the enemy to capture you...
