If humans are involved, there are going to be mistakes. That truism proves itself once again in this account of blunders made by military commanders and personnel during the World War II. This program is part of a series from the History Channel that examines some of the mistakes, miscommunications, miscalculations, and mishaps that shaped -- and sometimes altered -- the course of the war. This episode details the German blunder at Dunkirk. The British received a brutal trouncing at the hands of Germany at the Battle of Dunkirk. Overconfident of victory, German forces allowed the decimated British forces go without totally destroying them. The British army retreated, then regrouped, and was ready to fight another day. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide