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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)
Oil tanks on fire in Dunkirk, with clouds of billowing smoke visible for many miles. Albert Henry Powell was a lorry driver in the Royal Signals and had been in France since January 1940. His unit was attached to the 3rd Corps, Medium Artillery HQ.
- Waiting for rescue. © IWM (NYP 68075) British troops line up on the beach at Dunkirk to await evacuation.
- Wading out to sea. © IWM (HU 41240) British soldiers wade out to a waiting destroyer off Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo.
- The 'little ships' © IWM (HU 41241) Three of the armada of 'little ships' which brought the men of the BEF from the shores in and around Dunkirk, to the safety of British warships and other vessels.
- Returning troops. © IWM (H 1662) British troops crowd the deck of a Royal Navy destroyer at Dover, 31 May 1940.
A Ward Sister reads to two men of the Royal Artillery in Northern Hospital as they recover from injuries sustained as they fought against the German Blitzkrieg through Belgium and France and were...
Jul 21, 2017 · A dense smoke rising several thousand feet marks a burning oil tank destroyed by the Royal Air Force at Dunkirk, France, on June 5, 1940. AP Photo. As bombs were bursting and Nazi machine-gun...
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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Over 338,000 allied soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk in the face of overwhelming odds. Discover what made the evacuations from Dunkirk so successful, how the British evacuation was carried out and why Winston Churchill regarded the operation as a 'miracle of deliverance'. View video transcript.
