HU 1137. Men of the 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles awaiting evacuation at Bray Dunes near Dunkirk 1940.

C 1723. Aerial view of burning oil tanks at Dunkirk June 1940.

Dunkirk veteran Arthur Taylor, 94, (pictured centre) visited the French port and beach where he was stranded in 1940, for the 75th memorial of the evacuation that saved nearly 400,000 lives.

H 1701. A soldier shows off the hole in a comrade's helmet at Paddock Wood station Kent 1 June 1940.

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Evacuation From Dunkirk, May - June 1940, Destroyers filled with evacuated British troops berthing at Dover, 31 May 1940.

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Dunkirk evacuation (May 26–June 4, 1940), in World War II, the evacuation of about 198,000 soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and 140,000 French and Belgian troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the operation.

Art.IWM ART LD 251. image: a view of the disembarkation of troops evacuated from Dunkirk. A collection of ships including small boats loaded with soldiers are moored in Dover harbour which is crowded with soldiers

How the desperate Dunkirk evacuation saved thousands of WWII soldiers

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Alex Kershaw By May 26, 1940, around 250,000 British troops, the rump of what remained of the

Only around 7,000 troops were evacuated on the first day, but over 300,000 men were safely rescued by the eight day. Lasting for nine days and as one of

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