The road distance between Lille and Dunkerque (English spelling: Dunkirk) is 79 km (49 mi). The driving time is 55 min.
Dunkirk :) but the Germans bombed them as they tried to evacuate on the beaches
St Lo is about 20 km ( 12 miles) south of the D-Day Normandy beaches
Well Normandy was the collective name of all the beaches that were invaded. By far the worst was Omaha Beach which was attacked by the Americans
Dunkirk. It was the nearest part of occupied France, and the channel would be the point of greatest exposure. Thinking was, that we would opt for the shortest sea crossing.
I think the Maginot line was entirely staffed by the French. It was. Before the British retreated to Dunkirk, the Maginot Line had already fallen.
No, Dunkirk is about 160 miles north east, in the province of Nord.
Dunkirk :) but the Germans bombed them as they tried to evacuate on the beaches
I think that it is difficult to know that number of soldiers with certainty. The units in Sicily in 1943 & Normandy in 1944 would have been mostly different from those that evacuated at Dunkirk. Maybe there is a Dunkirk Evacuation Association that keeps track of that information.
To fool the Germans that the Allies intended to invade France at Dunkirk, rather than at Normandy.
The Germans thought they were to be in Dunkirk by swallowing allied propaganda. They occurred at Normandy and were called Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword.
Dunkirk is not in Ireland. It is a town in the north of France, in the region called Normandy. It is most famous for the World War 2 landings there on D-Day in 1944.
At the beaches of Dunkirk, france.
Dover/Dunkirk is 47 miles or 76 Kms
The D-Day invasion was in Normandy, not at Dunkirk.
Caen is a major town IN Normandy.
22 miles
Not far!