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May 19, 2024 · Dunkirk evacuation (May 26–June 4, 1940), in World War II, the evacuation of about 198,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and 140,000 French and Belgian troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the operation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
- Waiting for rescue. © IWM (NYP 68075) British troops line up on the beach at Dunkirk to await evacuation.
- Wading out to sea. © IWM (HU 41240) British soldiers wade out to a waiting destroyer off Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo.
- The 'little ships' © IWM (HU 41241) Three of the armada of 'little ships' which brought the men of the BEF from the shores in and around Dunkirk, to the safety of British warships and other vessels.
- Returning troops. © IWM (H 1662) British troops crowd the deck of a Royal Navy destroyer at Dover, 31 May 1940.
Over 338,000 allied soldiers were rescued from Dunkirk in the face of overwhelming odds. Discover what made the evacuations from Dunkirk so successful, how the British evacuation was carried out and why Winston Churchill regarded the operation as a 'miracle of deliverance'. View video transcript.
Apr 29, 2024 · The Dunkirk Evacuation of 26 May to 4 June 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was the attempt to save the British Expeditionary Force in France from total defeat by an advancing German army.
- Mark Cartwright
Jul 21, 2017 · Midway through the evacuation, the Germans Luftwaffe carried out air raids — as if the rescue effort hadn’t already been harrowing enough — and the Spitfire pictured below was shot down on a ...
Jul 20, 2017 · Stranded along the beaches, the Allies engaged in an enormous evacuation of soldiers across the North Sea to England called Operation Dynamo. More than 338,000 soldiers were saved in what would...
