Evacuation began on the 29th of May by the Royal Navy and civilian fishing and lifeboats pressed into service known as ...

Unique and historically significant films shot 75 years ago, during the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in 1940 ... manuscripts, archives, maps and visual materials housed in the Library.

More on the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940: BBC History: World War Two Dunkirk evacuation in maps Soldiers remember Dunkirk evacuation on 70th anniversary A previous owner passed on a dossier when he ...

This watch carries the inscription "Presented to Captain A.E Brown by Pickfords Limited as a memento of Dunkirk June 1940". Captain Ashley Brown in the company of his crew and an Able Seaman from ...

Listen to eight survivors of the Dunkirk evacuation recount their stories in this audio gallery. In early May 1940, during the first year of World War Two, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF ...