Dunkirk

• 26 May - 4 June 1940
• Operation Dynamo
• Rescued 338000 British and French troops from Dunkirk
• Big boost for British morale
• 10 May 1940

  Germany invaded France
• Who was this operation led by?

  Admiral Bertram Ramsay , he was retired but was called back in 1939
• 800 naval vessels helped to transport troops across the English Channel and Royal Air Force sent available aircrafts to protect them
• 90000 remained and taken prisoners
• Tanks and heavy guns were left behind