Commander Bolton: Well, we'll know in six hours' time.
Colonel Winnant: I thought the tides are every three.
Commander Bolton: Then it's a good that you're Army and I'm Navy, isn't it?
Lance-Corporal: The tide's turning now.
Colonel Winnant: How can you tell?
Lance-Corporal: The bodies are coming back.
Blind Man: Well done lads. Well done.
Alex: All we did is survive.
Blind Man: That's enough.
Irate Soldier: Where's the bloody air force?
Collins: Dunkirk's so far, why couldn't they load at Calais?
Radio Communication: The enemy had something to say about it.
Commander Bolton: I'd rather fight waves than dive-bombers.
Tommy: Wars are not won by evacuation.
Mr. Dawson: Men my age dictate this war. Why should we be allowed to send our children to fight it?
Commander Bolton: You can practically see it from here.
Colonel Winnant: What?
Commander Bolton: Home.
Answer: When George got injured, before he died, Peter did not understand what the soldier had been through. In fact he was honest with him when he asked if George was OK the first time. After he got to Dunkirk he saw what happens in war. What people went through. He understood why someone would be shell-shocked and empathized with the soldier more. After that he wanted to spare the soldiers feelings and not make him feel worse.