Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float
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Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float A+ users
Saved over 300,000 troops by sending out nearly anything that would float A+ users
When the British and French retreated to the French side of the English Channel during World War II, the British launched Operation Dynamo, which aimed to evacuate their troops from Dunkirk. Over the course of nine days in late May and early June 1940, hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers were evacuated by a makeshift fleet of naval vessels and civilian boats. This operation successfully rescued around 338,000 troops, allowing them to escape and regroup for future battles, despite the loss of equipment and territory.
The English call this the 'English Channel', the French call it 'la Manche' (the sleeve). The rest of the British people call it the 'English Channel' as well.
Dunkirk on the French side of the Channel.
By the evacuation of 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk.
A wide variety of shipping and the current Channel Tunnel or Chunnel provides a free flow of transport under the English Channel.
Location where the Germans trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers on the French side of the English Channel (to which the British began ferrying people across the Channel to safety), to prevent them from protecting Paris
The English channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
The english channel is called 'la Manche' in French.
The English Channel. (Le Manche in French)
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.