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The Battle of Dunkirk
On may 10th, 1940 Germany invaded France by going through The Netherlands, Luxemburg and Belguim. Dunkirk is a town near the border between France and Belgium, so it was one of the first french citys attacked by the germans -
Winston Churchill is elected
After the old british prime minister, Neil Chamberlain, resigned due to pressure, Winston Churchill took his place. Winston turned the UK Government into a Wartime Coalition Government -
Operation Dynamo
On may 26th, the British Goverment called for an evacuation mission to save the soliders from dunkirk, France that were being cornered by The Germans and called it Operation Dynamo. The operation was lead by Admiral Bertrum Ramsey -
The Le Paradis Massacre
The Le Paradis Massacre was a war crime done by the germany army when they killed 97 troops from britain after they surendered -
Smaller boats arrive
Smaller boats such as fishing boats sped up the evacuation of dunkirk because The U.K used Navy Ships and they were too big for them to go close to land. The fishing boats took the soilders over to the Navy Ships and made the evacuation go faster. -
First French Troops are evacuated
French Troops were also evacuated during The Dunkirk Miracle -
The Evacuation is Completed
Although Churchill though only 20,000-30,000 men would be rescued, as much as 338,000 men were rescued with a third of them being french