Why did the evacuation of Dunkirk happen?

Answer 1

In May 1940, the combined British and French armies were thoroughly beaten by the advancing German army. A plan was devised to rescue the British Army from France but most of the ports were in German hands, so it was decided to evacuate them from the beaches near Dunkirk in northern France. The problem was that the water was too shallow for larger ships to get inshore so hundreds of small boats were sent over to France from southern England to ferry the soldiers from the beaches to the waiting ships off-shore. While this was happening, they were under constant air attack from the German Luftwaffe. By the end of 'Operation Dynamo' around 338,000 British and French troops had been saved - 10 times more than had been expected, but all of their equipment had to be left behind. Because of this, it became known as 'the miracle' of Dunkirk.

Answer 2

Some people thought that it was a disaster because the English did not accomplish anything when over at Dunkirk, all what they did was stand around between armed soldiers and the English channel. It was very claustrophobic because everyone had to stay pretty close or the Germans would assume that the certain individual would be trying to get away. British had lost a lot of men in the procedgure and about 220,000 had died

Answer 3

The German invading force pushed both the British and French troops out of France.

The evacuation led to the Battle of Britain, in which the British won the power over the air and almost turned the tides of war. Especially when Hitler turned towards Russia.

Answer 4

Because the british and allied troops were forced to retreat onto the beaches of Dunkirk by the Nazis, and the only way out was across the channel.