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'''Dunkerque''' is a French city spelled ''Dunkirk'' in English.
'''Dunkerque''' is a French city spelled ''Dunkirk'' in English.
After the surrender of [[Belgium]], French and [[British]] forces in Belgium retreated to Dunkirk in late May 1940, on the northern coast of [[France]]. On [[Hitler]]'s command and against senior military advidors recommendations, the Germans halted their advance, allowing more than 300,000 British and French troops to escape to fight another day. The troops waded out to British civilian and military rescue-vessels abandoning their equipment, to escape to England whie the German forces just watched.
After the surrender of [[Belgium]], French and [[British]] forces in Belgium retreated to Dunkirk in late May 1940, on the northern coast of [[France]]. On [[Hitler]]'s command and against senior military advisors wishes, the Germans halted their advance, allowing more than 300,000 British troops to return to [[England]] and live to fight another day. The troops waded out to British civilian and military rescue-vessels, abandoning their equipment while the German forces just watched.
The [[Operation Dynamo|successful operation]] saved what remained of the British army. Despite the humiliating defeat Western [[propaganda]] hailed the evacuation as a great victory. British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterward, "Wars are not won by evacuations."
The [[Operation Dynamo|successful operation]] saved what remained of the British army. Despite the humiliating defeat Western [[propaganda]] hailed the evacuation as a great victory. British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterward, "Wars are not won by evacuations."