Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo (26 mai 1940 – 4 juin 1940)

Description:

- Evacuation 338,000 Allied troops from beaches in northern France
- British, Belgian and French troops pushed back and surrounded by German forces after 6-week battle of France
- Churchill: 'colossal military disaster'
- 1st day - 1 cruiser, 8 destroyers and 26 craft sent. Emergency call - 400 small volunteer boats took part
- RAF - 3,500 sorties

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