During the withdrawal, the Royal Navy told Carton de Wiart that it would evacuate his entire force that night. He thought the promise impossible, but later wrote that the Navy did not know the word. The extraction foreshadowed what would soon be accomplished at Dunkirk. HMS Afridi was lost during the campaign.
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The evacuation promise foreshadowed Dunkirk
Carton de Wiart recalled the Royal Navy's seemingly impossible promise to evacuate his whole force. The extraction foreshadowed Dunkirk, and HMS Afridi was lost during the campaign.