France, britain, belguim, Netherlands and Poland
Operation Dynamo - the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk - took place between 27 May and 3 June 1940.
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Dunkirk
OperationÊDynamo is the codename given to the evacuation of Dunkirk by the British in the effort to rescue allied forces in Dunkirk, France between May 27 and June 4, 1940.
Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.
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The rescue of 338,000 allied (mostly British) troops from the Dunkirk beaches was a massive logistical triumph as only 10% of that number were expected to escape.
Thousands, way too many to mention or even list. When the appeal was made, thousands of civilian boat owners, fishermen, yachtsmen, pleasure sailors, all took their small fragile craft across the Channel to France. - Even if they brought one British soldier off the beaches of Dunkirk it made a difference.
the sea evacuation at Dunkirk, France, 1940
Directly- very little. There were no Australian forces/units involved in the initial campaign or the rescue from Dunkirk. There were however, large numbers of Australians serving in the Royal Navy and in the RAF, and many were involved in the Dunkirk evacuation. There were also a handful of Australians serving in the British Army at Dunkirk as well as Australian liaison officers.
Codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, the Dunkirk evacuation took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940,
so they wouldn't be hit during the battle