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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.
Jan 22, 2019 · Keystone/Getty Images. By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on January 22, 2019. Conflict. The battle and evacuation of Dunkirk occurred during World War II. Dates. Lord Gort made the decision to evacuate on May 25, 1940, and the last troops departed France on June 4. Armies & Commanders: Allies. General Lord Gort. General Maxime Weygand.
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.
Feb 17, 2011 · Dates: 26 May to 4 June 1940. Location: Dunkirk. Outcome: Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of around 350,000 British, French and Belgian troops from Dunkirk, enabled the Allies to continue the...
The miracle of Dunkirk. British and other Allied troops waiting to be evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk, France, 1940. Even before the Belgian capitulation, the British government had decided to launch Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the BEF by sea from Dunkirk. The admiralty had been collecting every kind of small craft to help in ...
Dunkirk Evacuation, (1940)In World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force and other Allied troops, cut off by the Germans, from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26.
July 24, 2017. Valley Forge. Little Round Top. Khe Sanh. The British evacuation from beleaguered Dunkirk in June 1940 is one of history’s great last stands, and one of World War II’s turning points.
