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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 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.

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. In Western propaganda the evacuation was hailed as 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]]