dunkirk

     

Coorinates: 51°02′18″N, 02°22′39″E

Trivia about dunkirk

  • Occupation by the Germans in World War II led to a major evacuation from this port
  • One of France's major ports, it was the site of the 1940 evacuation of more than 300,000 men
  • Fishing & pleasure boats were part of the flotilla used in the May-June 1940 evacuation from this port
  • Lord Gort saved 200,000 British troops with his May 1940 decision to evacuate this port
  • Operation Dynamo was the Allied name for the desperate 1940 evacuation from this French town
  • In holding back at this city at the E. end of the Strait of Dover, Hitler may have thought he'd force peace on England
  • About 40,000 men were left in this French port after the last evacuation ship left June 4, 1940
  • In a speech on this town in northern France: "We shall fight on the beaches... we shall never surrender"