Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
The BEF, 
under Lord Gort, was located to the north of the line that ... Just as expected, 
when the German attack began, the British and ... On the same day Churchill 
made his final decision not to evacute ... British troops at Nieuport, 1940 [DOC] [TLE] Dunkirk - Spartacus Educational [PAR] On 12th May, 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of France.