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Meaning of "dunkirk evacuation"

The Dunkirk evacuation refers to the military operation conducted during World War II to evacuate Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, in 1940. It involved the rescue and evacuation of hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops who were stranded and surrounded by German forces. The evacuation, also known as Operation Dynamo, was a significant turning point in the war and helped save a large number of troops

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dunkirk evacuation
Churchill addresses dunkirk evacuation in commons.
Dunkirk evacuation miracle.
Heroic and overlooked involvement in Dunkirk evacuation.
The Dunkirk evacuation was now under way.
He was also involved in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Dunkirk evacuation was successful Allied.
It took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.
The Dunkirk evacuation.
It was being sent via Canada to mitigate a shortage in the Dunkirk evacuation.
These visits took place after the Dunkirk evacuation when British defences were on high alert.
The squadron ended the campaign by covering the Dunkirk evacuation.
Following the Dunkirk evacuation the Margate Station found itself very busy.
Social media infographics described the scale and importance of the Dunkirk evacuation.
Six of them took part in the Dunkirk evacuation and only 9 survived the war.
He eventually escaped to Britain during the Dunkirk evacuation.

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The Dunkirk evacuation was completed on Tuesday, 4 June.
It returned to the UK in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Following the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, Britain faced a shortage of weapons.
After the rapid German advance he became a part of the Dunkirk evacuation.
Main pages, Battle of Dunkirk and Dunkirk evacuation.
He escaped back to England with British forces in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Basilisk was sunk by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
He served in World War II seeing action off Norway and at the Dunkirk evacuation.
Some Regular Army units joined after they returned from the Dunkirk evacuation.
The British Army had abandoned most of its equipment in France after the Dunkirk evacuation.
Eight of the company 's ships took part in the Dunkirk evacuation.
The Firebirds ' ended the campaign by covering the Dunkirk evacuation.
Her grandfather, Vic Viner, was an able seaman involved in the Dunkirk evacuation.
Corporal Nettle - Nettle is one of Robbie 's two companions during the Dunkirk evacuation.
Atonement has a continuous 5 minute and 5 second shot of the Dunkirk evacuation.
The Atom was finished and registered only six weeks after the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.
On 1 June 1940 she was bombed by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuation.

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