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Dunkirk evacuation | Facts, Map, Photos, Numbers, Timeline, & Summary

Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26. When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved. The immediate context of the Dunkirk evacuation was Germany’s invasion of the Low Countries and northern France in May 1940. On May 10 the German blitzkrieg attack on the Netherlands began with the capture by parachutists of

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Horsham Scheme of Patriot Engineers: Horsham s most remarkable wartime effort, which found international fame

Horsham Scheme of Patriot Engineers: Horsham s most remarkable wartime effort, which found international fame
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The Long Range Desert Group In The Aegean

Posted on After victory in North Africa, the Allies still had to deal with Axis Forces around the Northern shores of the Mediterranean and there was a new life for the LRDG Special Forces. The author looks at the much under-told story of British actions in the Eastern Mediterranean. Focus moved to Sicily, Italy and France but there were still important actions needed in the Aegean. – Very Highly Recommended NAME: The Long Range Desert Group In The Aegean FILE: R3272 AUTHOR: Brendan O Carroll PUBLISHER: Pen and Sword BINDING: hard back PRICE: £25.00 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: WWII, World War II, World War 2, Second World War, Mediterranean

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