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Sep 16, 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.
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They basically destroyed the British Army at Dunkirk, and that led Britain to make peace - a fairly moderate deal, but the door to the east is now open. Then they unleash the full wrath of the German war machine on the Soviets and successfully conquer European Russia.
May 26, 2020 · From the 27 May, the second day of ‘Operation Dynamo’, the operation to rescue the BEF from the beaches of Dunkirk, the RAF began a supreme effort to beat off Luftwaffe air attacks on British...
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Operation Dynamo used hundreds of naval vessels and civilian boats in the evacuation. Map description: Map showing far northeastern France and Belgium and far southeastern England with the Strait of Dover in ...
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.
This extraordinary event unfolded at the end of May and beginning of June 1940, and involved the large-scale evacuation of British and Allied troops from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, as they found themselves encircled by German armies.
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Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338,000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale.