Operation Dynamo began in 1940 to rescue 338,000 soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk
Trapped against the sea by advancing German forces, over 300,000 Allied soldiers were saved by a desperate makeshift fleet of naval destroyers and civilian 'little ships' in a miracle of modern warfare.
In late May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force faced total annihilation at the French port of Dunkirk. Operation Dynamo was launched as a last-ditch effort to evacuate the stranded troops across the English Channel.
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