#OTD 1940, the "Miracle of Dunkirk" was completed: 338,226 Allied troops evacuated from France by over 800 vessels, including Royal Navy destroyers, fishing boats, pleasure craft, even lifeboats.
A legendary rescue.

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Under Stuka shadows and artillery fire, crews hauled salt-stung soldiers aboard. Destroyers waited beyond the breakers—steel leviathans poised to bear the exhausted home. Each rope hauls a life; each hull, a promise. #MiracleOfDunkirk #WWIIHistory #Courage

At first light on May 26, 1940, Dunkirk’s sands lay gray and silent, soldiers stranded between the tide and the guns. Operation Dynamo had begun, a race against time under a leaden sky. #Dunkirk #OnThisDay #History #WWIIHistory #MiracleOfDunkirk

Ramsgate celebrates 85th anniversary of operation dynamo with march & air display
Royal Marine corps of drums and air display.
operation dynamo 85th anniversary
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