The successful operation saved the ENTIRE British army. If the Dunkirk rescue had failed, the British troops would certainly have been defeated or captured. However, as British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterwards, "Wars are not won by evacuations". | The successful operation saved the ENTIRE British army. If the Dunkirk rescue had failed, the British troops would certainly have been defeated or captured. However, as British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterwards, "Wars are not won by evacuations". |