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They were rescued from Dunkirk (France). It was in May-June 1940. It was general Gort who organised the withrawal to the port and beaches of Dunkirk. Ships, boats and warships carried about 330,000 men to Great Britain.
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Yes. 76,000 Allied Troops surrendered to the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula on April 9th, 1942.
What is the name if the English Channel that Allied troops had to be rescued on?
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