Harry flees with his unit's survivors along with Belgian refugees, insisting to 'adopt' abandoned girl Claudette, and to his sergeant and men's greater horror to take charge of a busload of wounded and/or shell-shocked French troops, including Senegalese. It's a long journey to the overcrowded French North Sea beach at Dunkirk, where allied men cue up but even a Polish hero is haughtily denied access to the all to rare rowing boats manned by Royal Navy sailors preferring British compatriots. Tom Bennett did so, only to be badly wounded during a bombardment and abandoned into the field hospital run by Webster O'Connor. Douglas is worried sick about Tom, whom he 'sent to die', but lady Robina Chase gives due priority to hope and lonely Jan, for whom Douglas is the only playmate. In Manchester, Lois and Connie are performing with ENSA at a northern airbase. They meet Wing Commander Vernon Hunter who is immediately charmed by Lois's candor and humor and promises to write to her. In Berlin the Rosslers are growing ever more fearful for Hilda, so Uwe joined the Nazi party. The only person Mr Rossler can turn to for help is Nancy after a fatal confrontation with his party extremist employee.
—KGF Vissers