They were rescued from Dunkirk (France). It was in May-June 1940. It was general Gort who organised the withrawal to the port and beaches of Dunkirk. Ships, boats and warships carried about 330,000 men to Great Britain.
British Expeditionary Force. This was the British Army which was stationed in France in 1939 and was trapped in and rescued from Dunkirk when the Germans overran France.
Yes, I suppose you could say it was. Dunkirk displayed British nationalism when every British ship in the Channel sailed to the beaches of Dunkirk to rescuse the French soldiers there. They transported over 300,000 men to England who became the Free France movement.
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.
No, Dunkirk is about 160 miles north east, in the province of Nord.
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There were about 335,000 British troops, and about 50,000 French troops rescued at Dunkirk. Do you want that in alphabetical order, or by rank and unit? Thousands died in the fighting that ended with the withdrawal at Dunkirk.
The British soldiers were rescued by fleets over 800 vessels.
Rescued from Dunkirk
The beach was at Dunkirk, France.
Dunkirk, June 1940
They were rescued from Dunkirk (France). It was in May-June 1940. It was general Gort who organised the withrawal to the port and beaches of Dunkirk. Ships, boats and warships carried about 330,000 men to Great Britain.
diunkirk Dunkirk in northwest France.
338,000 troops were rescuedin the battle of dunkirk.
Dunkirk
yes, more than 300,000 out of the 400,000 soldiers were rescued!
That would be Dunkirk.