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Dunkirk Evacuation Operation
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- Background
- Maginot Line protected France from German invasion
- German forces advanced through Ardennes forest to English Channel
- Churchill and Ramsay planned evacuation from Continent
- Evacuation Planning
- Operation Dynamo chosen for Dunkirk port due to marshy terrain
- Fleet of destroyers and merchant ships evacuated troops
- Three routes planned, shortest being 39 miles open to fire
- Operation Progress
- First day rescued 7,669 men, second day 17,804
- Peak rescue reached 120,927 troops by May 29
- Operation ended June 4 with 332,226 Allied troops rescued
- Results
- Churchill cautioned against assigning victory to evacuation
- British lost 68,111 personnel and 243 ships
- Operation preserved British Army core for immediate defense
- Significant numbers of French, Dutch, Belgian, and Polish troops rescued