The Evacuation from Dunkirk - Operation Dynamo

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80 Years Ago Today — Operation Dynamo, the Evacuation of Dunkirk

Eighty years ago today, on May 26, 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of British and other Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk, began. Following a Blitzkrieg attack by German forces in early May, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), three French field armies, and the remains of Belgian forces were driven back and encircled near Dunkirk. Initially, the plan was to attempt to rescue up to 45,000 troops. By June 4, when the Germans took the port, 338,000 British, French, and other Allied troops were evacuated across the English Channel to England.
Over 900 ships took part in Operation Dynamo, of which 236 were lost and 61 put out of action. French, Belgian, Dutch, and Norwegian ships took part in the operation alongside the ships of the Royal Navy.
Hundreds of “little ships,” small craft volunteered by their owners or requisitioned by the Royal Navy, helped to ferry soldiers from the beach to larger ships.
One hundred twenty-six merchant seamen died during the evacuation. Over 68,000 British soldiers were killed or captured during the Blitzkrieg, retreat, and evacuation. An estimated 40,000 French troops, fighting a rearguard action, were taken into captivity when Dunkirk fell.

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DUNKIRK LITTLE SHIPS AT IPSWICH
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80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRITAIN’S GREATEST MARITIME TRAGEDY
17 June 2020
On this day in 1940, Britain suffered the greatest naval tragedy in its history – a disaster which dwarfs the loss of the Titanic both in scale and horror.

On the afternoon of June 17, His Majesty’s Troopship Lancastria was attacked by German bombers off St Nazaire. All day her decks had been filled with British troops, fleeing Hitler’s armies as the panzer overran southern France.

Dunkirk was not the end of the Battle of France, nor the evacuation of British personnel: 150,000 Commonwealth troops – from fighting divisions such as the 51st, 52nd and 1st Canadian, and stragglers, RAF units, liaison officers and staffs.

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Pelican wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:48 pm 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRITAIN’S GREATEST MARITIME TRAGEDY
17 June 2020
On this day in 1940, Britain suffered the greatest naval tragedy in its history – a disaster which dwarfs the loss of the Titanic both in scale and horror.

On the afternoon of June 17, His Majesty’s Troopship Lancastria was attacked by German bombers off St Nazaire. All day her decks had been filled with British troops, fleeing Hitler’s armies as the panzer overran southern France.

Dunkirk was not the end of the Battle of France, nor the evacuation of British personnel: 150,000 Commonwealth troops – from fighting divisions such as the 51st, 52nd and 1st Canadian, and stragglers, RAF units, liaison officers and staffs.

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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 soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

See Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation
And - https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you ... vacuations
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Lost WWII warships seen for first time in 80 years on seabed

The location of three previously undiscovered shipwrecks from the evacuation of Dunkirk during the Second World War appear to have been found.

A survey carried out by Historic England and the French marine heritage agency, Drassm, surveyed 30 wrecks sunk off the French coast during the rescue of more than 330,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk.

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Dunkirk shipwrecks give up secrets in new survey between Historic England and French marine archeaologists

The locations of three boats used in the Dunkirk evacuation in the Second World War have been uncovered for the first time by a detailed survey of 30 shipwrecks off the French coast.

Commanded from the tunnels underneath Dover Castle, the mission codenamed Operation Dynamo saw more than 338,000 Allied soldiers rescued in small boats

The rescue spanning nine days between May 26 and June 4 saw private boats, fishing vessels and lifeboats requisitioned by the navy from British coastal towns.

Dover and Deal residents played major roles in the operation both militarily and from the civilian response manning the “little ships”.

Now Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, have carried out detailed surveys of 30 wrecks showing their position, characteristics and condition in “remarkable detail”.

“The results give us a striking insight into our shared heritage that still lies beneath the waters off Dunkirk.”

The main instrument used for the survey was a multi-beam echo-sounder mounted beneath the hull of the Drassm research ship Andre Malraux.

Cotinues at - https://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/ ... ct-295264/ - LFT
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See New Sonar Scans That Capture Long-Forgotten Dunkirk Shipwrecks in Vivid Detail

The images emerged from a joint project by French and British researchers.

See - https://news.artnet.com/news/french-bri ... ks-2387865 - LFT
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A flotilla of little boats which helped in the evacuation of British, French, and Belgium troops from the beaches around the French channel port of Dunkirk.
Seen here being towed back up the river Thames, June 1940.
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