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May 13, 2022 · A British ship rescues soldiers from a landing craft sunk during the evacuation. British and French soldiers arrive safely at a British port. British Expeditionary Forces queued up on the beach at Dunkirk as they await evacuation.
- 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.
Jul 20, 2017 · More than 338,000 soldiers were saved in what would later be known as the “Miracle of Dunkirk.” By Madison Horne. Stranded along the beaches, the Allies engaged in an enormous evacuation of...
Jul 21, 2017 · Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force wade through shallow water to a rescue vessel that will take them back to England from Nazi-occupied Dunkirk, France, on June 13, 1940. AP Photo. A...
While more than 330.000 Allied troops were rescued, British and French military forces nonetheless sustained heavy casualties and were forced to abandon nearly all their equipment around 16.000 French soldiers and 1.000 British soldiers died during the evacuation.
Jul 12, 2017 · Almost exactly four years to the day before the Normandy landings, some 200 miles southwest down France's northern coast, the Dunkirk evacuation saved 338,000 British, French, Belgian, and Canadian soldiers from the approaching Nazi forces and allowed the Allies to stay in the fight.
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Jul 22, 2024 · 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.
