THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK

WHEN, WHERE, WHO

• May 24th-June 4, 1940
• The beaches of Dunkirk, a small port in northwest France
• The Allies and Germany

LEADING UP TO THE BATTLE

• The Germans victory over the British and Spanish army is what led up to this battle.

DETAILS

• Heavy German bombing destroyed Dunkirk's harbor
• 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved when the operation ended.
• 933 ships took part in Operation Dynamo, of which 236 were lost and 61 put out of action

QUOTE

• "We should not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We
• shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and
• oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and
• growing strength in the air...we shall never surrender"
• (Winston Churchill).

OUTCOME

• Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of around 350,000
• British, French, and Belgian troops from Dunkirk, enabled
• the Allies to continue the war and was a major boost
• to British morale.

WINNER

• Germans took over all of France.
• British were able to rescue 200,000 people, but lost France
• The winner depends on how you look at the situations

SIGNIFICANCE

• It resulted in the capture of France by Germany after
• British forces evacuated. This evacuation was
• termed a miracle by Winston Churchill.

SOURCES

• www.historytoday.com/patrick-wilson/dunkirk-victory-or-defeat
• www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff2_dunkirk_shtml
• www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dunkirk.htm