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In May 1940, Britain came closer to losing the Second World War than at any other moment.

As German forces tore through Western Europe, the British Expeditionary Force was trapped in France, the government was divided, and the survival of the British state hung on decisions made behind closed doors. This documentary reconstructs the critical week when Britain faced military collapse, political fracture, and the real possibility of negotiating peace with Nazi Germany.

Using declassified records, cabinet debates, evacuation numbers, and strategic realities, this episode strips away wartime mythology to reveal how close Britain came to defeat — and why survival was never guaranteed.

This is not the story of heroic speeches or inevitable victory.
This is the story of a system under extreme pressure, where rational decisions nearly ended Britain’s role in the war.