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Jul 3, 2017 · The photographs were all taken by German soldiers either during or shortly after the campaign in France in 1940, and show the destruction in Dunkirk and De Panne (also spelt La Panne), further up the coast.
The Battle of Dunkirk (French: Bataille de Dunkerque) was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany.
- 26 May-4 June 1940
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- Dunkirk, France
Jul 20, 2017 · A wounded Frenchman arrives at Dover having been evacuated from Dunkirk. Casualties for the Allied Forces reached over 60,000 soldiers. (Hulton Archives/Getty Images)
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
5 days ago · Dunkirk evacuation (May 26–June 4, 1940), in World War II, the evacuation of about 198,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and 140,000 French and Belgian troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the operation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The DUNKIRK MEMORIAL stands a the entrance to the Commonwealth War Graves section of Dunkirk Town Cemetery. It commemorates 4,499 casualties of the British Expeditionary Force who died in the campaign of 1939-40 or who died in captivity who were captured during this campaign and who have no known grave.
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Jul 12, 2017 · 33 Photos Of Allied Soldiers Narrowly Escaping The Nazis At Dunkirk. View Gallery. On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces stormed the beaches at Normandy as part of the D-Day operation that would soon beat back the Nazi forces in France and ultimately bring the European Theater of World War II to a close. It was the beginning of the end.
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