The historic evacuation of over 338,000 trapped British and Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of northern France in May–June 1940 (Operation Dynamo) took place at:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Dunkirk
- Step 1: Following the German panzer breakout through the Ardennes, British and French armies were cut off and cornered against the English Channel coast.
- Step 2: Between 26 May and 4 June 1940, a flotilla of Royal Navy destroyers and hundreds of civilian merchant and pleasure craft ('Little Ships') successfully evacuated 338,226 Allied personnel to England.
Answer
Dunkirk
Why not the others: 'Dieppe' Dieppe was the site of a disastrous Allied amphibious raid in August 1942 that suffered heavy Canadian casualties; 'Calais' Calais was defended by British garrison troops in late May 1940 to buy important time for the evacuation at Dunkirk; 'Cherbourg' Cherbourg was a deep-water port on the Cotentin Peninsula captured by American forces weeks after D-Day.
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