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The Battle Of Dunkirk

Published on Dec 12, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK

By Kara Hagen
Photo by hdes.copeland

THE BATTLE

  • September 10th 1940
  • Dunkirk France
  • Britain, France and Belgium against Germany

THE BATTLE

  • Just after the "phony war"
  • Germans have advanced into France

THE BATTLE

  • Germany called an hault order
  • 330,000 men were trapped
  • Operation Dynamo

"The beach, black with men, illuminated by fires seemed a perfect target." - Arthur D. Divine

OUTCOME

  • Germany won
  • Britain's "moral victory"
  • 34000 troops evacuated

SIGNIFICANCE

  • Hitlers halt order
  • Kicks off war