The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 07, 2018, 01:58:31 pm
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9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk
In 1940, as British troops retreated through France under fire from an advancing German Army, a massive evacuation was launched to bring the soldiers safely home. Between 26 May and 4 June 1940, a mammoth 338,000 troops were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, in the remarkable Operation Dynamo
Here, military historian James Holland shares some lesser-known facts about the evacuation at Dunkirk, and the fighting that led up to it…
https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/9-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-dunkirk/ (https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/9-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-dunkirk/)