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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, 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 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 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."
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:World War II]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:French Cities and Towns]]