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'''Dunkerque''' is a French city spelled ''Dunkirk'' in English.
The successful operation saved the ENTIRE British army. If the Dunkirk rescue had failed, the British troops would certainly have been defeated or captured.
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."
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]