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1. www.britannica.com › event › World-War-IIWorld War II - Dunkirk Evacuation | Britannica

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   4 days ago · The British Expeditionary Force being surrounded by invading Germans at Dunkirk and evacuated from France by a motley rescue fleet of military ships and private boats; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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   What happened to the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk?

   • The British Expeditionary Force being surrounded by invading Germans at Dunkirk and evacuated from France by a motley rescue fleet of military ships and private boats; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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   What happened to Dunkirk in WW2?

   • During World War II, in May–June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops, cut off by the Germans, were evacuated from Dunkirk to England by naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats. The town was liberated by the U.S. Army in May 1945, but more than three-quarters of its houses were destroyed in the fighting.

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   How many Allied troops were evacuated from Dunkirk to England?

   • Between May 26 and June 4, 1940, some 340,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. During World War II, in May–June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops, cut off by the Germans, were evacuated from Dunkirk to England by naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats.

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   What is Dunkirk famous for?

   • Dunkirk’s great artificial port was largely rebuilt after 1945 and subsequently expanded to form a deepwater port and industrial zone to the west of the town. The port itself is capable of accepting 300,000-ton vessels and is the third largest complex in France (after Marseille and Le Havre) in terms of the amount of traffic handled.

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3. www.britannica.com › place › Dunkirk-FranceDunkirk | History, Map, Evacuation, World War II, & Battle

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   5 days ago · The British Expeditionary Force being surrounded by invading Germans at Dunkirk and evacuated from France by a motley rescue fleet of military ships and private boats; from The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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   2 days ago · British craft evacuated to England over 338,000 Allied troops trapped along the northern coast of France (including much of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)) in the Dunkirk evacuation (27 May to 4 June).

6. www.britannica.com › event › World-War-IIWorld War II - Invasion, Low Countries, France | Britannica

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   2 days ago · In their plan for the invasion of France and the Low Countries, the Germans kept General Wilhelm von Leeb’s Army Group C facing the Maginot Line so as to deter the French from diverting forces from it, while launching Bock’s Army Group B into the basin of the Lower Maas River north of Liège and Rundstedt’s Army Group A into the Ardennes.

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   3 days ago · Battle of Dunkirk - the Miraculous Allied Escape in World War 2The Battle of Dunkirk was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Seco...

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9. www.portsmouth.co.uk › heritage-and-retro › retroIncredible photos show Dunkirk evacuation and role of Royal Navy

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   3 days ago · The evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 was one of the most significant events in the Second World War. More than 300,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches despite large numbers of troops ...

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    1 day ago · The German onslaught continued into France on May 10, 1940, pushing the defending British Expeditionary Force (BEF), French, and Belgian troops back to the port city of Dunkirk.