The battle and evacuation at Dunkirk lasted from 24 May 1940 until 4 June 1940.
During 11 days of hectic transport, using every kind of vessel imaginable, more than 338,000 troops were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk, which were soon under ferocious attack by the advancing German forces.
Roughly 9 days
28th May - 4th June 1940
5 days
The nation of France capitulates after the Dunkirk evacuation of French and British forces .
The evacuation of nearly 340000 Allied troops from the beaches at Dunkirk took place between 26th May 1940 and 4th June 1940.
The scene of the evacuation of Allied (mainly British) forces from France during World War II in 1940 was the Channel Coast of France at a port called Dunkirk. Having been pushed back then surrounded by advancing German ground-troops, the majority of the British and French forces trapped at Dunkirk escaped to sea in a daring and largely successful series of day- and night-evacuations.
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A part of the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of British and allied forces in Europe from 24 May - 4 June 1940.
The Dunkirk evacuation, was codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British.
The nation of France capitulates after the Dunkirk evacuation of French and British forces .
After the Dunkirk evacuation , France capitulates .
The evacuation of nearly 340000 Allied troops from the beaches at Dunkirk took place between 26th May 1940 and 4th June 1940.
The evacuation from Dunkirk
Dunkirk, the evacuation of the British from capture by the Germans in WW2.
Between 27 May and 4 June 1940, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was forced to retreat to Dunkirk by German forces. The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation back to Britain from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France,
If you are referring to the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, the total number was around 338,000.
France capitulates after the Dunkirk evacuation .
The evacuation from Dunkirk saved 338,226 soldiers [British & French].
Coastline of Northern France
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