I agree. I think Hitler saw Dunkirk as an oppurtunity for peace. He knew that If he sent the U-Boats or Luftwaffe in to pick off the retreating BEF, that it would be that much harder for the Reich to propose peace with Britain. Just as Pearl Harbor was a rallying cry for the U.S. a slaughter of the BEF would of been a disaster for Hitler. Lets not forget that Hitler had grand plans for Germany and he was to be the face of the Third Reich. He surely did not want the moniker of tyrant.

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