Dunkirk evacuation
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In the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, more than 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during the Second World War from the b
British troops lined up on the beach awaiting evacuation
Lord Gort (gesturing, at centre) was commander of the British Expeditionary Force.
Soldiers were strafed and bombed by German aircraft while awaiting transport.
British troops during the evacuation from France
Battle of France
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The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of the Low Countries and France during the Second World War. The plan for the invasion of the Low Countries and France w
Dunkirk evacuation
…British, and French troops (as well as smaller contingents of Dutch and Polish soldiers) were cut off and surrounded by German troops during the six-week Battle of France. After Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, France and the British Empire declared war on Germany and imposed an economic blockade. The British…
The Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 by Charles Cundall
French soldiers in underground bunkers on the Maginot Line during the Phoney War
French soldier in the German village of Lauterbach in Saarland
The British Army in France, 22 January 1940