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The '''Battle of Dunkirk''' occurred in May 1940 between a [[British]] and [[French]] force against a [[German]] armored army that had advanced to the Channel coast at Calais in France thus cutting off the British and French soldiers.  In this attack over 330,000 Allied troops were evacuated by 900 British ships to [[England]].  It was considered to be a pivotal moment in [[World War II]] and the first of many [[Nazi]] blunders.  [[Hitler]] had his armies stop instead of overrunning Dunkirk so his airforce (the [[Luftwaffe]]) could finish the job and share in the glory of the victory.

The results of a British surrender are unknown, but could quite possibly have changed the course of the war.
    
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[[Category:World War II Battles]]