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Allied troops were evacuated across the English Channel
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338,000 Allied troops (mostly British) were evacuated from Dunkirk in northern France beteen 28 May and 2 June 1940.
You are probably thinking about Dunkirk which is a French port on the English Channel (la Manche) where 338,000 mostly British (but some French) troops were evacuated in June 1940 from the advancing German army.
338,000 Allied troops (mostly British) were evacuated from the beaches to escape from the advancing German Army.
There were two major evacuations during World War II. When war was declared in 1939, children were evacuated from towns and cities to be safe from enemy bombing. In June 1940, around 350,000 allied troops (mostly British) were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in northern France and brought back to Britain.
A major French seaport during World War I was Calais. It was the major port which had English Channel connections. Calais and Dunkirk are also the routes allied forces soldiers were evacuated in 1940.
Dunkirk, June 1940
Operation Dynamo - the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk - took place between 27 May and 3 June 1940.
Dunkirk.
338,000 (mostly) British and French troops were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in Northern France in late May and early June 1940. 'Operation Dynamo' has been referred to as 'The Miracle of Dunkirk' as only about 30,000 troops had been expected to escape. Most of their equipment had to be left behind but the troops escaped and became the nucleus of the enlarged British Army.