USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The evacuation plan was codenamed Operation Dynamo. Under the leadership of Lord John Gort, the Commander of the BEF, it was decided that British and French troops trapped in Western Europe would stage a fighting retreat toward the harbor and beaches of Dunkirk.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.