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Many french and british soldiers were stuck on the shores of Dunkirk with the enemy in front and the English Channel behind. And loads of boats, fishing, yahts,luxury, every type of boat appeared to resure the stranded men.

The large naval vessels could not get inshore close enough to pick up the men on the beaches, so smaller boats motor launches etc with a shallow draught came in to pick up the men,then sail out to the naval ships and transfer them ,then return for another load thereby shuttleing back and forth to the beach for about a week under constant attack from aircraft and fire from the land . Churchill insisted that equal numbers of Frenchmen and British were brought back ,but in the confusion, who was counting, they just got men aboard whoever they were.300,000 were saved,but all their equipment etc was left behind tgive space to men.

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