Thousands of troops poured into England during the night, after heroically fighting their way out of Northern France and Belgium. French troops with the dog they rescued, seen during a halt at a ...

As France fell to the German armies in May 1940, 400,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Their annihilation seemed certain—a disaster that could have led to Britain’s surrender.

In May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force and large numbers of French troops were trapped around Dunkirk as German armored forces cut them off from the rest of France. British planners doubted that ...

Lieutenant Raphael de Sola, one of the yachtsmen who participated in the Dunkirk rescue operations, has been appointed Commander of Ship of the Royal Navy, it was announced today. He is probably the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Ultimately, the most crucial consequence of surrender at Dunkirk would have been not manpower and morale, but timing. Thankfully, this didn’t happen. During nine ...

New memorial silhouettes honouring the civilians and organisations involved in the Dunkirk evacuation have been installed in Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour. The figures, unveiled on Thursday, join the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: With France gone, Britain, and its Commonwealth partners such as Australia and Canada, stood alone. Had Britain capitulated to Hitler, or signed a compromise peace ...