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After the surrender of [[Belgium]], French and [[British]] forces in Belgium retreated to Dunkirk, a town on the northern coast of [[France]]. Here they held off the Germans while more than 300,000 Allied troops waded out to British rescue-vessels in late May 1940. The tiny British [[Royal Air Force]] formed aerial umbrella to hold off the German bombers.
After the surrender of [[Belgium]], French and [[British]] forces in Belgium retreated to Dunkirk, a town on the northern coast of [[France]]. Here they held off the Germans while more than 300,000 Allied troops waded out to British rescue-vessels in late May 1940. The tiny British [[Royal Air Force]] formed aerial umbrella to hold off the German bombers.
The [[Operation Dynamo|successful operation]] saved the entire British army. If the Dunkirk rescue had failed, the British troops would certainly have been defeated or captured. However, as British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterwards, "Wars are not won by evacuations".
The [[Operation Dynamo|successful operation]] saved the entire British army. If the Dunkirk rescue had failed, the British troops would certainly have been defeated or captured. However, as British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] noted afterward, "Wars are not won by evacuations."
[[category:World War II]]
[[category:World War II]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]