File talk:British prisoners at Dunkerque, France.jpg

Why does the caption read "prisoners"? Firstly, I don't see any German guards on the picture, secondly, the British had all been evacuated when the French rearguard finally surrendered and thirdly the original caption quoted (Picture Post, 1940) used the picture to evoke the "spirit of Dunkirk" and reads "British and French soldiers help one another up into the sandhills behind Dunkirk"

Hence I believe this picture to show retreating allied forces and not prisoners.


 * Hi, this picture was taken in Veules-les-Roses near St-Valéry-en-Caux which is quite far SW from Dunkerque. Not all British soldiers were evacuated here; actually they were Scots from the British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (World War II). Low in the following page there is a pic (unfortunately very small) taken at the same place, with a wider view of the surrounding area. That small pic also shows a German guard. Compare with both older and modern pics here: . PpPachy (talk) 01:47, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That's right, "the sandhills behind Dunkirk" : I can recognize Veules-les-Roses 250 km from Dunkerque in Normandy !!! "the sandhills" : there is no sandhill at all that is a cliff !!! Look same place here Nortmannus (talk) 08:34, 26 March 2013 (UTC)