German panzer forces, led by Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division, burst through, and with lightning speed began a rapid advance across France and Belgium. By the end of the second week in May the French defences had been broken. On 10 May Hitler had launched his blitzkrieg against the Low Countries and France. MAY 1940 was a time of grave crisis for the British Empire and for the whole civilised world. (d.The Miracle of Dunkirk: 70 years on In what is still called 'the Miracle of Dunkirk' the story is told of how over 300,000 British troops were snatched from the beaches of France in an operation that was so fraught with dangers that success can only be attributed to a miraculous combination of circumstances. More info.Ģ8th May 1940 Aircraft Lost but pilot returned from DunkirkĢ8th of May 1940 Aircraft lost and casualtiesĢ9th May 1940 Three Hurricanes shot down over Dunkirk Almost all of the equipment of the British Expeditionary Force was left behind in France, losses of personnel were high with as many as 68,000 men killed or taken prisoner to spend the remainder of the war in captivity. 170 ships were sunk including 25 major Naval vessels and 7 ships of the French Navy, and the RAF lost 930 aircraft. Operation Dynamo took place between the 26th of May and 4th of June 1940, with a flotilla of ships and boats of various sizes evacuating more than 330,000 British and French soldiers from Dunkirk and the nearby beaches along the northern French Coast. Operation Dynamo - The Evacuation from Dunkirk and nearby Beaches
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