The Battle of Dunkirk was fought around the French port of Dunkirk during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany. As the Allies were losing the Battle of France on the Western Front
"Soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force fire at low flying German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation" – Soldiers were strafed and bombed by German aircraft
British prisoners of war with a Panzer I German tank
British anti-aircraft guns lie abandoned at Dunkirk in May 1940
Evacuated British troops at Dover, 29 May 1940
The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the outset of World War II, lasting from September 1939 to May 1940, during which there were virtually no major Allied military land operations on the Weste
Battle of Dunkirk
…Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and other Allied forces to Britain from 26 May to 4 June 1940. After the Phoney War, the Battle of France began on 10 May 1940. To the east, the German Army Group B invaded the Netherlands and advanced westward. In response, the Supreme…
An 8-inch (203.2 mm) howitzer of the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Phoney War
People of Warsaw outside the British Embassy with a banner which says "Long live England!" just after the British declaration of war with Nazi Germany
A French soldier outside a Reichskolonialbund office in Lauterbach during the Saar Offensive
British Army and French Air Force personnel outside a dugout in France in 1939