Between 26 May and 4 June, after retreating from the rapid German advance across western Europe, approximately 338,000 Allied ...

Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks commanded a battalion of 700 men on the frontline when German forces invaded France and ... the road to Dunkirk. In his view, the 'Phoney War' allowed for ...

The heroic rescue of the stranded British expeditionary force from the beaches of Nothern France is now the stuff of legend. How was it that a catastrophic defeat was turned into one of British ...

Some were captured by Germans and held in prisoner of war camps in France, Germany, Italy and Poland. Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images Nearly 300 Indian soldiers were evacuated from Dunkirk Then why ...

Listen to eight survivors of the Dunkirk evacuation ... expected Germany to invade France from the east, but within six weeks Hitler's blitzkrieg ('lightning war') tactics had carried his forces ...

The second world war combat medic Desmond Doss ... French and Belgian soldiers were stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk, in northern France, after being pushed back by German forces.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. DUNKIRK, France (AP) — French police are investigating the deaths of five people who were fatally shot in ...

Police confirmed "multiple murders" were committed before a man claiming to be the gunman handed himself in to a nearby ...

An epic high fantasy adventure film by Peter Jackson follows a hobbit named Bilbo who is persuaded into accompanying Gandalf ...

Five people killed in shootings near migrant camps in northern France - A 22-year-old man is said to have handed himself in ...

A 22-year-old man is in custody after surrendering to police over the killings of five people shot dead near Dunkirk, in northern France, according to authorities and local media DUNKIRK ...