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19 de may. de 2024 · Dunkirk evacuation (May 26–June 4, 1940), in World War II, the evacuation of about 198,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and 140,000 French and Belgian troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the operation.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dunkirk evacuation. Operation Dynamo. Part of the Battle of France in the Second World War. British troops lined up on the beach awaiting evacuation. Date. 26 May to 4 June 1940. Location. France, Dunkirk, and the English Channel. 51°02′N 2°22′E.
Coordinates: 51°02′18″N2°22′39″E51.0383°N 2.377500°E. This article is about the French commune. For the World War II evacuation, see Dunkirk evacuation. For other uses of Dunkirk or Dunkerque, see Dunkirk (disambiguation). Dunkirk.
12 de abr. de 2024 · Dunkirk, town and seaport, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. It lies along the Strait of Dover between Calais and the Belgian frontier, 49 miles (79 km) northwest of Lille by road.
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29 de abr. de 2024 · The Dunkirk Evacuation of 26 May to 4 June 1940, known as Operation Dynamo, was the attempt to save the British Expeditionary Force in France from total defeat by an advancing German army. Nearly 1,000 naval and civilian craft of all kinds, aided by calm weather and RAF air support, managed to evacuate around 340,000 British, French ...
- Mark Cartwright
The map is centered on Dunkirk in the far northeastern corner of France on the coast of the North Sea near the border with Belgium. Red arrows indicate the advance of the German attack from inland France, Belgium, and the Netherlands converging on Dunkirk.
Hace 2 días · 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'.
