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Dunkirk helped get about half a million allied soldiers to safety and off Dunkirk beach. These soldiers were prisoners, and these could then help in the war on land.
Let's explain what Dunkirk was first. Dunkirk is a port town in France on the English Channel. After France and Great Britain went to war with Germany they were great defeated by Germanies Bltizkreig or Lightning war. They were pushed back to Dunkirk and forced to retreat back to England. Thousands of British and some French troops crossed the Channel on Civilian and Military warships. This retreat/battle was important beacause it meant Germany had complete control over Europe until they invaded Russia in 1941. After Dunkirk Germany started Operation Sealion (The invasion of England). So it was not so important for the United Kingdom but Germany since the United Kingdom really just lost thousands of men and was forced from direct land combat. Hope this helped.
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Rosemarie Coogan
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∙ 12y agothere was no point.
The German army had driven back the British expaditionary forces into a full retreat, until the british were pushed back to the beaches at Dunkirk, probably with the intention of slaughtering them. The British military at that time were neither equipt or prepared to rescue their forces. The civilian population of England started a rescue effort on their own, using private boats and launches, they sailed across to the beach at Dunkirk, and while under enemy fire helped rescue the British soldiers by picking them off the beach and bringing them home. This incredible feat is often refered to as the miracle at Dunkirk.
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∙ 9y agoEnglish troops were at Dunkirk to help support the French prior to the fall of France in the early days of the Second World War. They became stuck as their means of escape were cut off by the rapidly advancing German Army and were penned between the front and the English Channel.
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∙ 12y agoThey evacuated because the Germans pushed the British Army to the edge of the sea, and their only option was to evacuate Dunkirk (through the use of ships) before the Germans overran the city.
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∙ 16y agoThey were pushed back by the Germans when France was invaded.
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∙ 12y agoto help France from being defeated in ww2 by hitlar
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∙ 13y agoIt was fought at Dunkirk on the coast of France to evacuate British and Allied forces and get them back to Britain.
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What was Dunkirk evacuation mission name?
The Dunkirk evacuation, was codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British.
What miracle raised british morale?
The evacuation from Dunkirk
Was Dunkirk one of the great events in british history if so why?
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.
What did Winston Churchill vow to the British people after the evacuation of Dunkirk?
churchill told the british people that "we shall never surrender"
What was the code name given to the evacutation of Dunkirk?
OperationÊDynamo is the codename given to the evacuation of Dunkirk by the British in the effort to rescue allied forces in Dunkirk, France between May 27 and June 4, 1940.
Rescue of British and French troops along English channel?
Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.
Did the British help Germany during Dunkirk?
No, Britain were fighting against Germany. The battle of Dunkirk was actually a British and French retreat.
Where were the British soldiers who were saved by churchill?
Dunkirk
Who ordered the soldiers out of Dunkirk?
The British Government.
What was Dunkirk evacuation mission name?
The Dunkirk evacuation, was codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British.
When did the British Army evacuate from Dunkirk?
Codenamed Operation Dynamo by the British, the Dunkirk evacuation took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940,
What are facts about why Germany lost the Dunkirk?
The Germans did not lose at Dunkirk. Quite the opposite. Dunkirk was a mass retreat by the British army who had been overwhelmed in Europe by the Germans.
What miracle raised british morale?
The evacuation from Dunkirk
Where did the Germans trap the British and the french forces?
Dunkirk
Did British soldiers do a good job at Dunkirk?
Not realy
What was significant of Dunkirk?
The British evacuated to save its military.
Where were 338000 british and french troops evacuated from?
Dunkirk .
