Status Updates From Dunkirk: The History Behind...

They lost about 937 planes, while the Germans lost about 278. There's a big difference in losses during that battle, and Britain was mostly put out of commission in the air warfare. The general of the German planes overestimated what he could do and very unrealistic that the plane pilots they had couldn't do it. When the British troops got back, the citizens were celebrating them, not knowing the full truth.