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The battle and evacuation at Dunkirk lasted from 24 May 1940 until 4 June 1940.

During 11 days of hectic transport, using every kind of vessel imaginable, more than 338,000 troops were evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk, which were soon under ferocious attack by the advancing German forces.

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