Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the BEF from the port town of Dunkirk, started on May 27 1940. On the first day, just 7,669 troops were saved by the beleaguered British fleet.

The scene of the May 1940 evacuation of Allied troops in Dunkirk. ullstein bild ... He says that he and Nolan discussed in detail the propaganda leaflets the Germans dropped onto the British soldiers.

Dunkirk evacuation: Photos of 1940 rescue of Allied troops from beaches of northern France Operation Dynamo saw some 338,000 British, French and Belgian soldiers rescued between 27 May 27 and 3 ...

British and French troops were left behind to defend the Dunkirk perimeter. They faced either death or an uncertain future as prisoners of war. About 34,000 British soldiers were taken prisoner in ...

After the evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940, ... 1940, the Germans captured some 40,000 French troops who’d been left behind as well as at least 40,000 British soldiers in the Dunkirk vicinity.

Pictured, British soldiers fight a rearguard action during the evacuation at Dunkirk, shooting rifles at attacking aircraft as bombs are exploding in the sea.

Encircled in northern France by Nazi German forces, the Allies threw everything into a mass evacuation. Over those nine days, 338,220 soldiers -- mostly British, but also 123,000 French and 16,800 ...

People have flocked by the boatload to see Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic “Dunkirk” about a massive evacuation effort that rescued over 300,000 British soldiers stranded on the ...

Dozens of World War II-era ships cross the English Channel to mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation — an event that holds a special place of pride in the British memory.

The movie showcases the massive effort the Dunkirk evacuation took from air, land, and sea. ... 1917 follows a group of British soldiers during World War I.