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Dunkirk evacuation

Took place on May 26, 1940

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The 87th anniversary falls on May 26, 2027, in 213 days.

In the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, more than 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940.

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