WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The British waited for Germans to attack in the “Phony War.”
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British forces successfully retreated across the English Channel.
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c. France signed German surrender documents.
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The Germans launched their invasion of Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-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. The evacuation, sometimes referred to as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was a big boost for British morale.
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: -With Western Europe abandoned by its main defenders, the German army swept through the rest of France, and Paris fell on June 14. Eight days later, Henri Petain signed an armistice with the Nazis at Compiegne. Germany annexed half of France, leaving the other half in the hands of their puppet French rulers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The allied evacuations from Dunkirk in 1940 are often described as a miracle. After Germany’s blitzkrieg swept through France and the Low Countries expectations for Operation Dynamo were dismally low, and yet over 338, 000 allied soldiers were saved.