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The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
The Dunkirk Jack, flown only by civilian ships that participated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The Little Ships of Dunkirk were about 850 private boats [1] that sailed from Ramsgate in England to Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British, French, and other Allied soldiers who were trapped on the beaches at ...
Damaged by air attack off Bray on 1 June; left Dynamo for repair Salomé France: Tanker: 1940: 13,400: 1: 0 Sunk HMS Saltash Royal Navy: Fleet minesweeper: 1918: 710: Lt. Cdr. Thomas Randall Fowke, RN: 3: 750 Left Dynamo on 3 June due to minor damage and crew exhaustion HMS San Antonio Royal Navy: Dutch coaster: 1909: 410: Lt. Cdr. George ...
Before the Second World War, Stephenson had been a member of the Royal Air Force aerobatic team. As officer commanding 19 Squadron, based at RAF Duxford, he was shot down on Sunday, 26 May 1940. He had been flying Spitfire Ia, N3200, coded 'QV', while covering the British evacuation of the Dunkirk beaches, as part of Operation Dynamo. He belly ...
The siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port of Calais during the Battle of France.The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne, just before Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) through Dunkirk.
The War Office made the decision to evacuate British forces on 25 May. In the nine days from 27 May to 4 June 338,226 men escaped, including 139,997 French, Polish, and Belgian troops, together with a small number of Dutch soldiers, aboard 861 vessels (of which 243 were sunk during the operation).
Several Dynamo Kyiv players joined the military and went off to fight. The initial success of the Wehrmacht allowed it to capture the city from the Red Army in September 1941. Several of the Dynamo Kyiv players who had survived the onslaught found themselves in prisoner-of-war camps. [citation needed]
The War Office did not treat the threat of invasion seriously until the collapse of France in May 1940. The Secret Intelligence Service had, however, been making plans for this eventuality since February 1940, creating the core of a secret resistance network across the country. This remained in existence until at least 1943 and comprised both ...