![With whatever personal possessions they can manage, Belgian refugees flee the German army in the summer of 1940.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/W-Profile-LEAD-4C-Nov05-e1695838843432-760x428.jpg)
British Expeditionary Force
WWII Heroes: Aristides de Sousa Mendes
By Michael D. HullPanic and confusion reigned across France as the bright, warm spring of 1940 turned into summer.
Blitzkrieg, a brutal new mode of warfare, was on the loose in Western Europe. Read more