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France had lots of armed forces in World War II, in part due to the German occupation. In 1940, General Maurice Gamelin commanded the French Army, headquartered in Vincennes on the outskirts of Paris. It consisted of 117 divisions, with 94 committed to the northeastern front and a commander, General Alphonse Georges, at La Ferte-sous-Jouarre.
Jun 26, 2019 · The planned mass evacuation of May 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was both a disaster and a triumph. With the Germans bombing Dunkirk and the nearby beaches from May 18, the flotilla of vessels—including the immensely courageous crews of the 336 Little Ships—managed the excavation of 338,226 allied soldiers, including 123,069 French and 16,816 Belgian soldiers.
We look at some of the most visited Word War II memorial sites in Dunkirk. The town of Dunkerque on the northern tip of France just 49 miles from the UK coast line, was the scene of much fighting during World War II and saw the biggest evacuation of armed forces the world has ever known – Operation Dynamo.
Jul 21, 2017 · ON June 4 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill hailed the Dunkirk evacuation as a “miracle of deliverance”. Operation Dynamo had defied the odds to save more than 300,000 brave Allied…
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Maps of World War II 1939-1945. Home; World War II; Blitzkrieg Maps; ... Pacific Theater Maps; Western Front Maps; Allied Retreat to Dunkirk Battle of France: May 25 ...
Oct 27, 2009 · D-Day was the name given to the June 6, 1944, invasion of the beaches at Normandy in northern France by troops from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries during World ...
