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You are probably thinking about Dunkirk which is a French port on the English Channel (la Manche) where 338,000 mostly British (but some French) troops were evacuated in June 1940 from the advancing German army.

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Dunkirk was a famous episode in 1940 in which?

Allied troops were evacuated across the English Channel


How did the British get the British and French to retreat to the English side of the Channel?

By the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk.


What body of water would British troops have to cross to fight Germany?

Allied troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June 1944 to land in France and eventually make their way to Germany.


Rescue of British and French troops along English channel?

Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.


What body of water separated British and German soldiers in the Battle of Britain?

As Britain is an island, they had to cross the English Channel to get to mainland Europe. Later in the war, Allied troops had to cross the River Rhine to get to the heart of Germany.


The seaport city that was the scene of thousands of Allied troops being rescued by boats was called what?

The name of the city was Dunkirk France.


What happerned at Dunkirk?

338,000 Allied (mostly British) troops were rescued off the beaches after having been driven back by the advancing German Army.


What famous world war 2 event happend on thebeaches of Frances that the English channel?

The evacuation of 338.000 allied (mostly British) troops from the beaches at Dunkirk in late May/early June 1940.


How many allied troops were killed?

12,000 allied troops died that day.


How were the trapped troops rescued?

in poo :)


How many troops were rescued?

338,000 troops were rescuedin the battle of dunkirk.


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