A ship berthed in Hartlepool that played a key part in one of the defining moments of the Second World War is hoped to return to the scene of her “finest hour”.

Witness the poignant landscapes of Dunkirk from above with this drone footage, capturing the historic beaches and harbor where the dramatic World War II evacuation unfolded. Judge rules Arkansas ...

British forces are evacuated from Dunkirk. Richard Holmes describes how ... approximately 338,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the beaches of northern France. Whilst this was far men than ...

Demoralised, starving and exhausted, the men waiting on the beaches of Dunkirk endured days of fierce bombardment, while many of the boats that came to their rescue were sunk, with heavy loss of life.

Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help ...