BATTLE OF DUNKIRK

WHEN, WHERE, AND WHO?

• Date- May 11- June 4 of 1940
• Location- Dunkirk, France
• Britian, France, and Belgium against Germany

REASONING BEHIND THE BATTLE

• Germany began invading countries all over Europe
• Belgium was the next to fall
• Britain and France stepped in to help

WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BATTLE?

• Germany swept through Western Europe using Blitzkrieg
• French and British couldn't stop them
• German army trapped Britain and French armies on Dunkirk beaches
• Admiral Ramsey, based in Dover, developed operation Dynamo

"We must be careful not to assign to this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations."

~Winston Churchill

HOW DID THE BATTLE END?

• Operation Dynamo- small baots were sent to rescue trapped soldiers
• Evacuated 350,000 British, French, and Belgian troops out of Dunkirk
• German won the Battle of Dunkirk, but operation Dynamo great success

WHY DOES THIS MATTER IN WWII?

• Britain only allied power left
• Rescue mission Dynamo most memorable in this battle
• Thousands of lives were saved, even though germany won