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More than 338,000 soldiers of the Allied Forces were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in France on June 4, 1940, making ...

Allied forces retreated from the German advance through north-western Europe, and fell back to the Channel ports of France where they were trapped. Their rescue was codenamed Operation Dynamo and ...

More than 338,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers at the mercy of the German invaders were brought to safety in what ...

The 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, which lasted nine days from 27 May to 4 June, was called by then Prime Minister Winston ...

During the Second World War, a fleet of a thousand ships answered the call to bring back British and Allied soldiers, all ...

As Britain marks the 85th anniversary of Dunkirk, one Kent town is calling for recognition of the role it played in rescuing ...

Crews on board the little ships that travelled to Dunkirk this week have had to abandon their ceremonial return to the UK due ...

Some 66 boats have recreated the heroic Operation Dynamo exodus which saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers' lives 85 years ...