[mrec]

> the rearguard was almost exclusively French troops

Bit of a stretch for "almost". The entire 51st Highland Division stayed as part of the rearguard, and few if any of them made it home. [1]

Possibly apocryphal: "One Highlander on the beaches of Dunkirk was overheard telling a comrade: 'If the English surrender too, it's going to be a long war'”

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division#Franc...

[lucozade]

Thank you. I wasn't aware of the history of the 51st. That's some story.