On May 28, 1940, eight years ago to-day, there commenced the evacuation from Dunkirk of the British and French troops who had been driven back to, the Channel coast by the irrestible German drive. The evacuation continued until the night of June 2-3, by which time 224,585 British and 112,546 French and Belgian troops were evacuated by a fleet which included 222 naval vessels and hundreds of other craft of all descriptions. This picture shows the scene on one of the beaches as the thousands of men waited for rescue ships.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26783, 28 May 1948, Page 5
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91On May 28, 1940, eight years ago to-day, there commenced the evacuation from Dunkirk of the British and French troops who had been driven back to, the Channel coast by the irrestible German drive. The evacuation continued until the night of June 2-3, by which time 224,585 British and 112,546 French and Belgian troops were evacuated by a fleet which included 222 naval vessels and hundreds of other craft of all descriptions. This picture shows the scene on one of the beaches as the thousands of men waited for rescue ships. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26783, 28 May 1948, Page 5
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