Definition of Dunkerque

prop. n.1.the name of a town and a battle fought there, in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. Most of the forces were safely evacuated to England.


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amphibious operation, city, Dunkirk, evacuation, France, French Republic, metropolis, Second World War, urban center, World War 2, World War II


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