The Dunkirk evacuation was a last-minute rescue for over 300,000 Allied soldiers who were trapped by Nazis near the beaches of Dunkirk, France in the summer of 1940 with British Royal Air Force intercepting German bombers above the beach. (may 26, 1940 – jun 4, 1940)
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may 26, 1940
jun 4, 1940
~ 9 days