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"Phony War"
Germany invades Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in a "Lighting war" attack -
The Wait
Hitler held off for 48 hours allowing British to have some time to escape and surround them at the harbor. Nobody knows why Hitler didn't just go and attack and win the Battle right then and there. -
Operation Dynamo ordered
German forces head towards Dunkirk on the invading side. Winston Churchill ordered the army be rescued by see and called this Operation Dynamo. Thousands of troops waited on the beach waiting to be saved. -
Luftwaffe destroys Dunkirk Harbor
First Full day -
Belgian troops surrenders
17,804 troops rescued -
French Army joins evacuation effort
47,310 troops rescued -
German Panzers withdraw from Dunkirk
53,823 troops rescued
Bad weather makes it hard for Luffwaffe to fly -
35,000 troops captured at Lille
68,014 troops rescued -
Big Day for Luffwaffe
27 vessels and 4 destroyers sunk. German bombs and torpedoes hit and sunk boats from under the water. 200 small life boats sunk. Many lives lost and sunk that day. -
BEF Evacuation completed
British Expeditionary Forces were helping defend France from a German attack. They had to leave all their tanks, ammo and weapons on the beach. -
Last night of Dynamo
Great Britain sent a fleet of 850 boats to cross the English Channel to get to Dunkirk to rescue the army. Any ship joined to help the fleet. Motor boat, Navy ships, yachts, life boats and steam boats were just a couple of the many types of boats that helped. 338,000 troops carried to safety by the end of the battle. -
SOURCES
Pictures-- https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/dunkirk-evacuation?page=2&phrase=dunkirk%20evacuation&sort=mostpopular Websites-- 1 https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dunkirk#section_22 https://www.britannica.com/study/timeline-of-the-dunkirk-evacuation3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dunkirk-evacuation-ends