The Battle of Dunkirk started on May 26, 1940 and was over June 4, 1940.
Operation Dynamo (May 24 to June 4, 1940)Operation Dynamo, also informally referred to as the Miracle at Dunkirk.
You are probably thinking about Dunkirk which is a French port on the English Channel (la Manche) where 338,000 mostly British (but some French) troops were evacuated in June 1940 from the advancing German army.
OperationÊDynamo is the codename given to the evacuation of Dunkirk by the British in the effort to rescue allied forces in Dunkirk, France between May 27 and June 4, 1940.
Between 27 May and 4 June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was forced to retreat to Dunkirk by German forces. The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation back to Britain from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France,
May 28 to June 3 1940
1940. In the spring and early summer. The work was finished when we evacuated from Dunkirk at the beginning of June 1940. Then the Battle of Britain began in August.
338,000 Allied troops (mostly British) were evacuated from Dunkirk in northern France beteen 28 May and 2 June 1940.
Dunkirk started on 24th May 1940 and ended on 4th June 1940.
The battle and evacuation at Dunkirk lasted from 24 May 1940 until 4 June 1940. During 11 days of hectic transport, using every kind of vessel imaginable, more than 338,000 troops were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk, which were soon under ferocious attack by the advancing German forces.
The Battle of Dunkirk started on May 26, 1940 and was over June 4, 1940.
The Evacuation of British & subsequently French & Belgian soldiers from the beaches at Dunkirk in June 1940. 338 000 were returned to Britain.
June 4th 1940
Operation Dynamo - the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk - took place between 27 May and 3 June 1940.
The Dunkirk evacuation took place from May 26 - June 3, 1940. It was a total withdrawal of French and British troops after a massive advance by Germany following the battle of Dunkirk. It is commonly referred to as "the miracle of Dunkirk" because of how many allied soldiers managed to escape alive. At the start, only a few thousand troops were able to be evacuated, but this number quickly grew to over 300,000. Over 700 boats were used from tiny 4 man rowboats, small private fishing vessels, merchant ships and a few dozen British combat ships. Many soldiers waited countless hours in shoulder deep water before they were evacuated.
Operation Dynamo, or the Miracle of Dunkirk occurred between May and June 1940
Dunkirk, June 1940