USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dunkirk, French Dunkerque, town and seaport, Nord département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France. It lies along the Strait of Dover between Calais and the Belgian frontier, 49 miles (79 km) northwest of Lille by road.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1940, Dunkirk (French: Dunkerque; French Flemish: Duunkerke, meaning ‘church of the dunes’) became world famous thanks to the heroic evacuation of Allied troops. Destroyed by German attacks, it was rebuilt after the war – though, alas, during one of the most uninspired periods in the history of Western architecture.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Dunkirk is located in the north of France, on the shores of the North Sea near the Belgian-French border. The Strait of Dover, where the distance between England and France is just 21 miles across the English Channel, is located to the southwest.