USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Operation Dynamo, the evacuation from Dunkirk, involved the rescue of more than 338, 000 British and French soldiers from the French port of Dunkirk between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale.

Detailed explanation-2: -From May 26 to June 4, over 338, 000 British and French troops were safely evacuated from Dunkirk. Critical to this process was the British Royal Air Force, which intercepted German bombers above the beach. Together with the civilians who aided the Royal Navy, they saved countless lives.

Detailed explanation-3: -British Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to the crisis as “a colossal military disaster” and that Britain was in danger of losing a substantial portion of its forces. In response, the British scrambled to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from the harbor city of Dunkirk, France.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of the 340, 000 allied soldiers evacuated by boat from Dunkirk, 123, 000 were French – but thousands more were not rescued and were taken prisoner by the Germans.

Detailed explanation-5: -As Dunkirk had such a shallow beach, Royal Navy vessels couldn’t reach it, and the Allies put out a call for smaller ships to carry troops from the shore to the larger ships further out in the North Sea. Some 800 to 1, 200 boats, many of them leisure or fishing crafts, eventually aided in the evacuation from Dunkirk.