The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied...
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Dunkirk is a 2017 epic historical war thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World...
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the Battle of France on the Western Front, the Battle of Dunkirk was the defence and evacuation of British and other Allied forces to Britain from 26 May...
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Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough...
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Dunkirk is a 2004 BBC Television factual about the Battle of Dunkirk and the Dunkirk evacuation in World War II. Dunkirk used archive film footage, eyewitness...
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one of those rescued from Dunkirk in 1940 by Firefly. Notable as one of the smaller vessels to have taken part in the evacuation and one of few to have an...
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Charles Lightoller (category Dunkirk evacuation)
the Sundowner, and sailed her as one of the "little ships" in the Dunkirk evacuation. Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 30 March 1874, into...
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Mole (architecture) (section Dunkirk evacuation)
two concrete moles protecting the outer harbour at Dunkirk played a significant part in the evacuation of British and French troops during World War II...
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First World War. In the Second World War, he was responsible for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940 and planning and commanding the naval forces in the invasion...
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ships are among the more notable vessels involved in the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France during Operation Dynamo between 26 May and 4 June...
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children Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II Operation Dynamo, British evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, France...
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British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser...
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in and around Dunkirk, since the 14th century Dunkirk evacuation, a 1940 military operation during World War II Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers, naval...
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Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied forces from the Dunkirk sector between 29 May and 3 June and those soldiers evacuated from the beaches. All...
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Atonement (2007 film) (category Dunkirk evacuation films)
infected wound and hallucinating, arrives at the beaches of Dunkirk, where he awaits evacuation. Later, Briony, who regrets implicating Robbie, learns that...
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and merchant ships involved in Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of allied troops from the Dunkirk area from 26 May to 4 June 1940. The operation was administered...
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Fall Rot (section Second BEF evacuation)
pushed back in the north to the Channel coast, which culminated in the Dunkirk evacuation. The operation to complete the conquest of France by the German Army...
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Sundowner (yacht) (category Little Ships of Dunkirk)
former second officer of the RMS Titanic. She participated in the Dunkirk evacuation as one of the "little ships" as well as a number of commemorations...
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Dunkirk (UK: /dʌnˈkɜːrk/ dun-KURK, US: /ˈdʌnkɜːrk/ DUN-kurk, French: Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʁk] ; West Flemish: Duunkerke; Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is...
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Gerfalcon (category Little Ships of Dunkirk)
William Osbourne, Littlehampton. Notably, she participated in the Dunkirk evacuation during World War II, where she played a crucial role as one of the...
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James Campbell Clouston (category Dunkirk evacuation)
British Royal Navy, who acted as pier-master during the Dunkirk evacuation. While returning to Dunkirk, France, his motor launch was sunk by enemy aircraft...
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The 1940 Dunkirk Veterans' Association was an association of British service veterans "who served at Dunkirk and other ports of evacuation between 10...
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by dive-bombers. It was present during the Battles of Narvik, the Dunkirk evacuation and also the early stages of the Mediterranean theatre. While a capable...
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Mrs. Miniver (category Dunkirk evacuation films)
volunteers to take his motorboat, the Starling, to assist in the Dunkirk evacuation. Early one morning, Kay wanders down to the landing stage and discovers...
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Actor. During World War II, he drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. When the United States entered the war on December 8, 1941, he enlisted...
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British Prime Minister in that same month along with the massive Dunkirk evacuation, the Phoney War ended and the real war began. "Bore War" was the initial...
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1983, p. 114. Medway Barge Sailing Match Programme, Saturday 3 June 2017 "Dunkirk". Thames Sailing Barge Trust. Retrieved 22 December 2019. "Name Greta |...
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the Navy that had been named Dunkirk, as far back as the 1650s, it held added meaning after the evacuation from Dunkirk between late May and early June...
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The siege of Dunkirk in World War II (also known as the Second Battle of Dunkirk) began in September 1944, when the Second Canadian Division surrounded...
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then he did not know that his brother, killed in 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation, had any children. Wilcoxon died on March 6, 1984 in Los Angeles,...
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