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26th May 1940: Start of the Dunkirk evacuation
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-05-25 21:05:01
Description: Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began. Applauded by the British press as a heroic and miraculous rescue, Operation Dynamo saw an armada under the command of the Royal Navy successfully evacuate over 338,000 Allied troops from the beaches around the French port of Dunkirk. The German army had invaded France on 10 May, and within just two weeks had cut off and surrounded a combined force of British, French and Belgian troops. Referred to by the recently-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as ‘a colossal military disaster’ the only hope was to retreat to the port of ...
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